TSC sets dates for KCSE and KPSEA exams and says exam supervisors must be vetted.
Nancy Macharia, CEO of the Teachers Service Commission (TSC), has told all Sub-county Directors of Education to find and recommend center managers, directors, and invigilators before the national exams start in October.
There will be two tests: the Kenya Primary School Education Assessment (KPSEA) on October 28 and the Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) on November 22. Both tests will last for two weeks.
The Kenya Intermediate Level Education Assessment (KILEA) tests are set to take place from October 28 to October 31, 2024.
In a circular from August 30, Macharia told the education sub-county directors to follow the instructions and put all the information about successful candidates on the Kenya National Examination Council (KNEC) site by October 11.
“In preparation for the administration of these examinations and assessments, KNEC will require the details of all the centre managers, supervisors and invigilators who will be engaged in the activity,” she told us.
“This is to request you to identify, vet and nominate the centre managers, supervisors, and invigilators to be engaged in the administration of these examinations and assessments, deploy them into the CP2 system by 11th October 2024, through the link/URL: https://cp2.knec.ac.ke.”
Further, Macharia asked the Sub-county education heads to make sure that certain rules are followed when choosing the winners, among other things.
She stressed how important it was to hire qualified teachers who are also hired by and registered with the TSC. In addition, she told them to put directors and invigilators in test centers where they have no personal interest.
“Center managers will have to check the details and workstations of supervisors and invigilators who are posted in their centers.” They will have to take attendance every day, and teachers in schools with Stage-Based Pathway students will be watching over their own students.
One teacher should be in charge of every 10 students. Like at other centers, these invigilators will have to sign the statement form. “There will be no supervisors or center managers sent to KILEA centers,” Macharia said.
“For every 200 applicants, one supervisor should be sent out.” For sponsored centers, there shouldn’t be any supervisors. Instead, there should be one invigilator for every twenty candidates. Based on the number of candidates in the test or assessment center, you must send invigilators to hosted centers.
Macharia says that centers that host must have their own center managers, whose job it will be to get and return test materials from the container.
She also said that leaders and invigilators shouldn’t be sent to the same center where they worked for two years in a row. She pointed out that TSC’s CP2 system is designed to stop teachers like this from being hired and placed.
“Only supervisors and invigilators who have registered in the CP2 system will be sent to run the national exams and assessments in 2024, so their claims will be processed.” She said that secondary school teachers must be in charge of supervising and grading the KCSE exams.
“Every week, the KCSE supervisors will switch jobs.” The outgoing supervisor needs to write up some short notes to give to the new supervisor. Sub-counties that are having trouble with hiring people should email si@knec.ac.ke with the reason for their problem, and they will be given help.
TSC sets dates for KCSE and KPSEA exams and says exam supervisors must be vetted.
