The Kenya National Examination Council (KNEC) Chairperson David Njengere has advised all school headteachers to ensure all Grade 6 candidates are registered afresh through the Kenya Primary School Education Assessment (KPSEA) portal.
The KNEC Chairperson on Friday announced that the registration of candidates for the KPSEA examinations scheduled for November had already commenced with the deadline set for February 28.
Schools wishing to register their candidates are required to log into the KNEC Competency Based Assessment (CBA) portal using their assessment centre log-in credentials such as the username and password.
The KPSEA portal is a web-based system established strictly for managing the registration of Grade 6 learners. The system has an audit trail to track actions performed by users for accountability to ensure data integrity.
Meanwhile, Njengere also urged school administrators who wish to correct the details of their learners to do so within the specified time frame. According to the KNEC chairperson, the correction of a candidate’s details is permitted during registration, but only where applicable.
For accuracy in the submitted data, school heads were urged to ensure the correct spelling of candidates’ names, as documented in their birth certificates.
Additionally, school heads must ensure that other crucial details, such as a candidate's gender, year of birth, citizenship, religious education options, and disability status, are included during the registration process.
Disability options must be selected, including “None” for those without any listed disabilities, or the appropriate category—such as blind, low vision, deaf, or physical disabilities—for learners with such conditions.
Upon successfully saving a learner's details, a confirmation message “KPSEA Learner details amended successfully” will be displayed on the screen of the device used.
For those wishing to delete a candidate’s name from the list, school heads were advised to click the button “remove”, a pop-up message which reads “Learner Removed from KPSEA registration successfully!’’’ will be displayed.
While advising teachers, Njengere cautioned the school heads against presenting ineligible candidates for the November examinations.
According to the examination council boss, registration of ghost candidates constitutes assessment malpractice which could attract sanctions including deregistration of the school as a KNEC assessment centre.
