The Cabinet Secretary for Education Prof George Magoha has revealed that the Kenya Certificate of Primary Education (KCPE) will be done within the next two weeks.
CS Magoha was speaking in Nairobi on Wednesday and supervised the distribution of social and religious studies where he revealed that the Kenya National Examinations Council (KNEC) has already started marking the Mathematics and English papers which were done on Monday.
“Marking of the examination papers had started and results will be out at the same just like last year,” said Prof George Magoha.
KCPE 2021 was released two weeks after the last paper was done.
The Ministry of Education has also warned teachers and candidates against using mobile phones in examination rooms.
Those found cheating will also face the full force of the law.
“The examination has run smoothly so far and we applaud teachers for being so committed during this examination period,” said Prof George Magoha.
With marking underway, the Kenya National Examinations Council has invited teachers interested in marking the 2021 KCPE exams to apply. The details are in the circular below.
ADVERTISEMENT FOR ONLINE INVITATION OF ALL KCPE AND KCSE EXAMINERS FOR 2021 MARKING EXERCISE
1.0 The Kenya National Examinations Council invites Examiners for the 2021 marking exercise via online.
2.0 The site shall be accessible as follows:
2.1 KCPE Examiners – from 4th March, 2022.
2.2 KCSE Examiners – from 14th March, 2022.
3.0 Examiners concerned are required to:-
3.1 Access KNEC Contracted website using this link: https://examinersapp.knec.ac.ke and log in using their username and password.
Those that have forgotten their passwords should click on reset password button to enter their mobile numbers in the form (2547********) and submit to receive new ones for logging into the system;
3.2 Upon successful login, complete their personal information and save. Using the dashboard provided, access, download, print and the invitation letters and Marking Instructions.
4.0 For further details contact any of the following:-
4.1 Telephone numbers: 0720 741003, 0732 333530, 0775 471980, 0775 471997;
4.2 Email Addresses: sefa@knec.ac.ke and fa@knec.ac.ke.