THE KENYA NATIONAL EXAMINATIONS COUNCIL

“To be a World Class Leader in Educational Assessment and Certification”

KNEC/GEN/EA/EM/REG/VERIFICATION/2021/002         6th September, 2021

To All:  

(i) Sub County Directors of Education

(ii) Heads of Primary Schools with 2021 KCPE candidates

SJBJECT: GUIDELINES ON VERIFICATION OF CANDIDATES’ DETAILS FOR THE YEAR 2021 KCPE EXAMINATION

The Kenya National Examinations Council has dispatched the 2021 KCPE nominal rolls for verification by candidates.

All the 2021 KCPE candidates are required to verify and sign against their details in readiness for the administration of the 2021 KCPE examinations.

1.0 In view of the above, it is required that;

1.1 Candidates’ bio data is correctly captured to tally with their birth certificate;

1.2 Special attention to be given to Gender codes, F-Female, M- Male;

1.3 The religious option for all learners should be correctly captured to tally with subject entries  i.e.  CRE, IRE,HRE;

1.4 All cases of incorrect bio data entries should be identified and communicated in writing for correction;

1.5 For private candidates, all cases of mismatching photos and missing photos are  officially communicated in writing to KNEC.  

The letter should  be accompanied  by the corrected candidates’ photo(s) saved in a Computer Disk (CD) and be correctly labeled;

1.6 All cases of blurred and horizontally aligned photos for private candidates to be  corrected and saved in a labeled Computer Disk(CD), and then submitted to KNEC with a covering letter;

1.7 Candidates with special needs to  be correctly captured with the correct codes i.e. LV for Low Vision, BL for Blind, DF for Deaf, PHY for physically/mentally challenged and those taking either Kenya Sign Language or Kiswahili are accurately captured;

1.8 Confirm that the payment of examination fees for repeaters and private candidates is done.  

If not paid, the examination fees to be paid to the KNEC fee collection account either at KCB, Equity or National Bank.

The Head Teachers  are informed  to forward  all the cases with  corrections  to the  CEO, KNEC by 20th September 2021.

Dr. David Njengere
CHEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

THE KENYA NATIONAL EXAMINATIONS COUNCIL

“To be a World Class Leader in Educational Assessment and Certification”

KNEC/GEN/EA/EM/REG/VERIFICATION/2021/002         6th September, 2021

To All:  

(i) Sub County Directors of Education

(ii) Heads of Primary Schools with 2021 KCPE candidates

SJBJECT: GUIDELINES ON VERIFICATION OF CANDIDATES’ DETAILS FOR THE YEAR 2021 KCPE EXAMINATION

The Kenya National Examinations Council has dispatched the 2021 KCPE nominal rolls for verification by candidates.

All the 2021 KCPE candidates are required to verify and sign against their details in readiness for the administration of the 2021 KCPE examinations.

1.0 In view of the above, it is required that;

1.1 Candidates’ bio data is correctly captured to tally with their birth certificate;

1.2 Special attention to be given to Gender codes, F-Female, M- Male;

1.3 The religious option for all learners should be correctly captured to tally with subject entries  i.e.  CRE, IRE,HRE;

1.4 All cases of incorrect bio data entries should be identified and communicated in writing for correction;

1.5 For private candidates, all cases of mismatching photos and missing photos are  officially communicated in writing to KNEC.  

The letter should  be accompanied  by the corrected candidates’ photo(s) saved in a Computer Disk (CD) and be correctly labeled;

1.6 All cases of blurred and horizontally aligned photos for private candidates to be  corrected and saved in a labeled Computer Disk(CD), and then submitted to KNEC with a covering letter;

1.7 Candidates with special needs to  be correctly captured with the correct codes i.e. LV for Low Vision, BL for Blind, DF for Deaf, PHY for physically/mentally challenged and those taking either Kenya Sign Language or Kiswahili are accurately captured;

1.8 Confirm that the payment of examination fees for repeaters and private candidates is done.  

If not paid, the examination fees to be paid to the KNEC fee collection account either at KCB, Equity or National Bank.

The Head Teachers  are informed  to forward  all the cases with  corrections  to the  CEO, KNEC by 20th September 2021.

Dr. David Njengere
CHEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER