KNEC New Changes For Administration of KCSE Exams

By | November 7, 2023

Knec makes changes to the administration of KCSE exams.

The Kenya National Examinations Council Knec has made a number of changes in the administration of the KCSE exams.

NEW CHANGES

*Container opening for 1st session papers 7.00 a.m.
*Open the packet 5mins to start the paper eg 7.55 am
*2nd session – container opened at 12.30 pm, packets opened at 1.55 pm.
*1st session packet paper colours – yellow or beige and 2nd session packet papers – blue in clour.
* Supervisors to be rotated weekly to different schools
*Clipboards are supposed to be transparent.
*Maths tables should be clean.
*transparent calculators
*CM to update the daily attendance of supervisors and invigilators on a daily basis.

*Practical papers*, for more than 1 session the other students are to be confined. Chem teachers to do the practical, 232/231 are not supposed to.

*Orals* – it’s the assessor and the candidates only in the room. Ensure that he uploads the marks before going out of the centre.

*HARDSHIP CANDIDATES*
-Dont indicate as absent
-Use the correct envelope, red

*SPECIAL NEEDS*
-Done online
-1 inv per 10 candidates

*SECURITY*
-Ensure there is security when collecting and returning the papers.
-Be among the witnesses when opening the packets
-Authorised people only including the Knec and queso officers monitoring the exams
– leave the gate opened but manned, anybody coming in should have a badge.

*SITTING PLAN*
-Sup to write a plan

*RETURNING OF SCRIPTS*
-A program has been made, CM to ensure that they follow the program.

*OTHER SERVICES*
-Replacement – online services offered in the knec website, create an ac in QMIS and follow the procedure.
-KNEC bookshop to buy past exam papers and answers.

*CM/D PRINC.*
-DP must be in school, and payment is still in discussion with the relevant authorities. NO PAY FROM KNEC.

*OPENING*.
-Open in one room and distribute to the invigilators. Count the exact no. of scripts to each invigilator as per the no. of candidates in the room.

*N/B:* 1. During administration of elective subjects, those doing can be combined in one exam room provided that they carry their desks.
2. KCSE invigilators will be picked from secondary school teachers.

May God protect those Manning kcse 2023.

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