The Kenya National Examinations Council (KNEC) has kicked off registrations for the Kenya Primary School Assessment (KPSEA), and Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) 2024 exams.
Through a notice released on Thursday, February 1, the council notified institution heads that the portals were open for registrations.
The council has also directed teachers to ensure all eligible candidates register before the March 29, 2024 deadline.
KNEC has advised teachers to ensure all candidates are successfully registered within the period, warning that the registration window will not be extended.
“Avoid a last-minute rush and register all your candidates now,” the notice reads. "The dates must be adhered to since there will be no late registration of candidates.”
Registrations for the different school-level exams are done through portals assigned to each level, found on the KNEC website.
“All examination centres are expected to log onto a platform for specific examination and enter the candidates’ details using the school registration password,” KNEC directed.
KNEC released the 2023 KPSEA results on January 19, before which the Education Cabinet Secretary (CS) Ezekiel Machagu had directed teachers to allow students to join Junior Secondary Schools (JSS) before the release of the results.
The 2023 grade 6 pupils are the first cohort to sit for the KPSEA examinations, joining grade 7 under the Competency-Based Curriculum (CBC).
“All the 1,282,574 candidates who sat the 2023 Kenya Primary Schools Education Assessment be allowed to join Grade 7 in the Junior Secondary Schools hosted by their respective primary schools where they attended Grade 1-6," Machogu noted.
This directive comes after Operation Linda Jamii, a community-based organisation sued KNEC, questioning the credibility of the process used to tabulate the results of the 2023 KCSE exams.
The petitioner defending the allegations cited irregularities recorded in the Oruba Boys High School results where all students scored a D and had a deviation of 1-2 points.
