KNEC Deadline For Registration of KCPE, KCSE 2022 Candidates

The Kenya National Examination Council (Knec) has slated for 28th February 2022 as the deadline to register public and private schools learners for the 2022 national exams.

According to the examination council registration of learners for Kenya Certificate of Primary Education (KCPE) and Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) started on 2nd January and will close this end month.

The examination body has also warned school heads that the period for registration of the candidates will not be extended.

Any school that has between 6 and 14 candidateswill be hosted by another centre to be determined by the Sub County Director of Education. The information on such schools should be submitted to KNEC together with the registration documents.

Head teachers and Sub County Education Officers are required to log onto the KNEC website: www.knec–portal.ac.ke for capturing of the registration details of the candidates and uploading of the photographs (300 x 300 pixels) using the examination centre registration password for KCPE private candidates and KCSE candidates.

All Heads of institutions are reminded to ensure that candidates are registered where they have been learning in class seven (7) for primary schools and form three (3) for secondary schools.

Registration of a candidate in two examination centres (double registration) is an examination malpractice and must be avoided.

All Heads of Institutions are directed to ensure accuracy in the following when registering the candidates.

Correct order of candidate‘s names as per the birth certificate;
Gender;
Year of birth;
Subjects entered;
Information on different categories of candidates with special needs (ie Braille, Low Vision, deaf and physically challenged).
All schools and private candidates shall be expected to adhere to entry requirements and pay examination fees as stipulated in the registration instructions for KCPE and KCSE candidates by referring to the Regulations and User Guides for the Management of KCPE and KCSE examinations printed and circulated in 2017.

The 2022 KCPE and KCSE candidates will sit for their exams in December 2022.

Exam timetable shows that for December examinations, KCPE will be done between November 28 and December 1. KCSE will be administered between December 1 and December 23.

According to the revised education calendar, the 2021 KCPE exam will be done between March 7 and 10. KCSE will be between March 11 and April 1.