THE KENYA NATIONAL EXAMINATIONS COUNCIL
INSTRUCTIONS TO PROSPECTIVE APPLICANTS FOR THE TEACHERS AND TEACHER EDUCATORS TRAINING IN COMPETENCY BASED ASSESSMENT
The Kenya National Examinations Council is mandated to set and maintain examinations and assessment standards for school, post-school and teacher education levels.
The Council endeavours to build the capacity of teachers and teacher educators in assessment so as to maintain standards and ensure effective assessment of learner competencies.
In view of this, the Council wishes to invite qualified teachers and teacher educators to apply for training in the development of quality test items for effective implementation of Competency Based Assessment in Basic Education and teacher training levels.
Trained teachers and teacher educators could be engaged by KNEC as contracted professionals from time to time as may be necessary.
Qualifications
Applicants wishing to be considered for this training must meet the following minimum requirements:
requirements:
1) Have unquestionable and irreproachable integrity.
2) Be a professional or expert or subject specialist in the field or subject/learning area for which he/she wishes to be trained.
3) Must be teaching the subjects/learning areas applied for in
• Primary School – Grades 4, 5 and 6
• Junior School – Grades 7 and 8
• Teacher Training Colleges; DECTE and DPTE
• Intermediate and Prevocational Level of the Stage Based Pathway
4) Have the relevant academic and professional qualifications.
5) Be conversant with the content of the curriculum designs in their subjects/learning areas of specialisation.
6) Have a teaching experience not less than 3 years.
7) Must be registered with the Teachers Service Commission.
8) Must be recommended by the head of institution.
NOTE:
(i) Applications should be done through the link https://nac1.knec.ac.ke/examiners on or before 29th March 2024
(ii) Applicants should read the instructions, provide all the information required and upload the necessary documents.
(iii) Documents should be uploaded as one continuous PDF document.
(iv) Only successful applicants will be notified through their phone/e-mail contacts provided.
(v) Teachers who have previously been trained by KNEC in Item Writing should not apply.
The subjects/learning areas and levels for which the teachers and teacher educators may apply for are outlined under Part A to D as follows:
A) Table 1: Primary School Learning Areas (Age-Based Pathway)
| S No | Learning areas |
| 1 | Mathematics |
| 2 | English |
| 3 | Kiswahili |
| 4 | Science and Technology |
| 5 | Social Studies |
| 6 | Home Science |
| 7 | Art & Craft |
| 8 | Agriculture |
| 9 | Music |
| 10 | Physical and Health Education |
| 11 | Indigenous Languages |
| 12 | Christian Religious Education |
| 13 | Islamic Religious Education |
| 14 | Hindu Religious Education |
| 15 | Kenyan Sign Language |
B) Table 2: Junior School Learning Areas
| S. NO. | Learning areas |
| 1. | English |
| 2. | Kiswahili |
| 3. | Kenyan Sign Language |
| 4. | Mathematics |
| 5. | Integrated Science |
| 6. | Health Education |
| 7. | Pre-Technical & Pre-Career |
| 8. | Social Studies |
| 9. | Christian Religious Education (CRE) |
| 10. | Islamic Religious Education (IRE) |
| 11. | Hindu Religious Education (HRE) |
| 12. | Business Studies |
| 13. | Agriculture |
| 14. | Physical Education and Sports |
| 15. | Indigenous Languages |
| 16. | Home Science |
| 17. | Computer Science |
| 18. | Visual Arts |
| 19. | Performing Arts |
C) Special Needs Education Assessments (Stage-Based Pathway)
All the learning areas covered in the four levels of Stage-Based Curriculum pathway.
D) Teacher Education: Diploma in Primary Teacher Education – (DPTE) and Diploma in Early Childhood Teacher Education (DECTE)
| S NO. | Learning Areas |
| 1. | English |
| 2. | Kiswahili |
| 3. | Mathematics |
| 4. | Science and Technology |
| 5. | Environmental Education |
| S NO. | Learning Areas |
| 6. | Kenyan Sign Language |
| 7. | Physical and Health Education |
| 8. | Health and Nutrition |
| 9. | Home science |
| 10. | Agriculture |
| 11. | Christian Religious Education |
| 12. | Islamic Religious education |
| 13. | Hindu Religious Education |
| 14. | Educational Resources |
| 15. | ICT integration in Education |
| 16. | Education Assessment |
| 17. | Research skills |
| 18. | Educational Leadership and Management |
| 19. | Child Development and Psychology |
| 20. | Inclusive Education |
| 21. | Sociological and Philosophical Foundations of Education |
| 22. | Historical and Comparative Foundations of Education |
| 23. | Curriculum Studies |
| 24. | Art and Craft |
| 25. | Music |
| 26. | Indigenous Languages |
| 27. | French |
| 28. | German |
| 29. | Mandarin |
| 30. | Arabic |
| 31. | Practicum |
Dr. David Njengere, MBS
CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER