KCSE 2020 Registration Forms And How To Free Download

By | January 29, 2020
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The KNEC portal used for registering candidates for exams and uploading project marks,
The KNEC portal used for registering candidates for 2020 KCPE, KCSE exams and uploading project marks,

Schools registering candidates for the 2020 Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) examination are expected to fill registration forms. The Kenya National Examinations Council, Knec, has released registration forms to be used for capturing candidates’ data/ summaries. These forms are filled by the Principals and surrendered to the Council after expiry of the registration period.

KNEC on KCSE and KCPE 2020 Registration of Candidates

The registration of candidates for the 2020 KCPE, and KCSE  examinations will start from 2nd January 2020 and end on 15th February, 2020.

Deadline: There will be no late registration of candidates.

Number of Candidates required to register KCSE or KCPE Center

Any school that has between 6 and 15 candidates will 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 materials. The hosted school will retain its code during registration of candidates. Schools with less than five (5) candidates are advised to register their candidates in another approved examination centre.

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 using the registration password for the respective examination center.

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All candidates must be registered where they have been learning. Registration in two centres (double registration) will be treated as an examination malpractice.

KCPE and KCSE 2020 issuance of Index Numbers

All candidates for both KCPE and KCSE examination will be issued with an INDEX NUMBER as per the schools ADMISSION REGISTER NOT class performance as was the case in previous years.

Requirements of New School Registration for KCSE and KCPE 2020 exams

New schools wishing to be registered as KNEC examinations should submit to KNEC the following:

  1. Valid registration certificate from the County Director of Education;
  2. Duly filled inspection questionnaire from theSub County Director of Education;
  3. Duly filled application form from the school.This information should reach KNEC by 31st December, 2018.

NB: Expired registration certificates will not be accepted.

How to get a KNEC sub-county CODE

New Sub Counties wishing to be allocated a KNEC code and coding of the schools should submit the following to KNEC:

  1. A Kenya Gazette notice legalizing the creation of the Sub County;
  2. List of Schools showing their previous codes and the proposed new codes;
  3. Location of the storage facility (Container) and details of the Deputy County Commissioner (DCC) or Assistant Deputy County Commissioner (ADCC) office.
  4. This information should reach KNEC before 31stDecember 2018.

KCSE 2020 Registration of Private Candidates

All private candidates shall be registered at the Sub County Director of Education.

Candidates wishing to register privately will be required to download the private candidate registration form from the KNEC website,complete it as required and present it to the respective Sub County Education office for further instructions within the registration period.

 For registration of the KCSE candidates, KNEC will only allow one private examination centre per Sub County. Private candidates are not allowed to individually deposit money-into the KNEC collection accounts and Sub-County Education Officers are asked to ensure compliance to this regulation.

KCPE 2020 Registration of Private Candidates

All non – formal centers for the KCPE examination shall be expected to register their candidates with the Sub County Education offices and to upload candidates’ photographs online. No hard copies of photographs should be submitted to KNEC. All non-formal schools for the KCPE examination are required to submit their registration certificate from the Ministry of Education (MoE);

All Heads of Institutions and Sub County Education officers registering private candidates are asked to note that there will be no keying or amending of candidates’ details after 15th February, 2020.

All schools and private candidates shall be expected to adhere to entry requirements as stipulated in the registration instructions for registration of candidates for the KCPE and KCSE examinations as stipulated in the regulations and Examination Manual for each examination printed and circulated in 2017.

All private candidates will be expected to pay their examination fees directly to the KNEC fees collection accounts and the deposit slips should be given to the Sub County Director of Education who will be expected to submit them to KNEC together with other registration documents. The Sub County Director of Education are requested to ensure that such candidates are dully registered.

Forms for Registration of KCSE and KCPE 2020 exams

The Kenya National Examinations Council shall not send any documents for registration of candidates for the 2020 KCPE and KCSE examinations.

As was the case in the year 2019, all documents for the registration of candidates are to be downloaded from the KNEC website.

How to Register Candidates online using KNEC Portal

To register candidates online  visit the KNEC portal: https://www.knec-portal.ac.ke/ and click on either KCPE or KCSE to register.

KCSE and KCPE 2020 Examination Fees

The government of Kenya shall pay examination fees for all candidates in public and private schools except for the following:

  1. candidates who are re-sitting/repeating
  2. Non-Citizens and Private candidates registering in the Sub County private examination centres;

KCSE and KCPE  2020 Registration Password and portal accounts

Passwords are confidential to each school and should be secured by the head teacher. In the event that a school has lost/ forgotten its password, the head teacher should send an email to KNEC (em@knec.ac.ke).

All new centres once approved and uploaded on the website shall access the registration platform by keying in their centre number as both the user name and password. Head teachers are advised to change the password from the centre number to a password of their choice to maintain confidentiality.

Heads of institutions and Sub County Directors of Education are advised to safeguard their passwords to restrict access of the school’s registration data by unauthorized persons.

Verification of Candidates Registration Details

All heads of institution are expected to ensure all candidates registration details are captured correctly and every candidate has confirmed the same and signed the nominal roll.

Verification of registration data will take place between18th and 28th February 2020. Teachers are advised NOT to sign for their candidates as there will be NO WINDOW FOR CANDIDATES TO SIT FOR ANY SUBJECT ASUNDER-PROTEST IN THE 2020 EXAMINATION.

 How to submit KCSE and KCPE 2020 Registration forms to KNEC

The Sub County Director of Education will be expected to submit to KNEC all registration documents from the schools and private candidates by 28th February, 2020.

KCSE AND KCPE 2020 Exam timetbales

You can download kcpe and KCSE exam timetable for 2020 and start preparing for your examinations.

  • KCSE Timetable for 2020: Download from this page
  • KCPE Timetable for 2020: Download from this page

NOTE: You can now download pdf of official KNEC KCSE and KCPE 2019 past papers from Muthurwa.com. KCSE 2018 past papers come with Answers and Marking schemes.

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In 2020, the following forms are to be filled (Click on each link to access and download the forms):

Here are the KCSE 2020 Registration forms in Word Format
The 2020 KCSE Registration forms in PDF format.

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