How to register for the KCPE and KCSE exams in 2025.
KCSE, KCPE Registration Portal, How to register, registration fee, and requirements.
The registration process for candidates wishing to sit for the current Kenya Certificate of Primary Education (KCPE) and Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) examinations; and the KCSE Qualifying Test is scheduled to commence between February 2025 and March 2025. All details are available here.
KCSE Examination Registration For Regular Students
Heads of institutions with students regularly attending school are responsible for investigating and ensuring the registration of their students, which is strictly online.
KCSE Exam Guidelines for Heads of Institutions
it is the responsibility of the heads of Institutions presenting candidates for the KCSE examination to ensure that;
- All candidates registered for KNEC examinations must be bona fide students in their respective schools who are transiting to their respective examination classes. Registration of ghost candidates constitutes examination malpractice, which attracts sanctions, including de-registration of the school as a KNEC examination centre
- Schools with less than five (5) candidates will not be allowed to register candidates for the 2023 examinations as independent examination centres.
- Such schools are advised to liaise with the respective Sub-County Directors of Education (SCDEs) to identify an approved KNEC examination centre with more than five (5) candidates for their learners to be registered.
Those who wish to enrol for the examination as private candidates shall be registered at the Sub-County Director of Education’s Office (SCDEs)
SCDEs and Heads of Institutions are required to log into the KNEC registration portal to capture the registration details of the examination centres and candidates using their examination centre log-in credentials.
For the KCSE examination, principals are required to upload candidates’ passport-size photographs (300 x 300 pixels).
How to Register for KCSE Examination
Via the login portal, through the link below, insert your student details and then click on “Register.” Follow the prompt afterwards for a successful registration.
Login here to register
KCPE Registration Requirements
- Correct spellings and order of candidates’ names as documented in their Birth Certificates;
- Gender;
- Year of birth;
- Citizenship;
- Subjects registered for; and
- Information on different categories of candidates with special needs and disabilities (i.e. Visual Impairments (total blind people who require Braille or Vision); hearing impairment and physical impairments).
KCPE and KCSE examination fee summary
The Government of Kenya, through the Ministry of Education (MoE), shall pay examination fees for all candidates in public and private schools, except for the following categories of candidates:
candidates who are re-sitting/repeating the examinations;
Non-citizens (Non-Kenyans), Private candidates registering in the Sub-Country Private Examination Centers.
The summary of examination fees is as follows:
Examination Fees for KCPE and KCSE examinations (Regular and Private candidates) registering for the entire examination
| Examination | KCPE | KCSE | ||
| Number of Subjects | 5 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
| Total (Kes) | 800 | 5,000 | 5,400 | 5,800 |
Registration Deadline
The KNEC Registration portal shall be closed on 30, Please note that there shall be no late registration of candidates once the p01ial is closed. All the relevant process owners and stakeholders including parents and candidates must therefore be informed on the need to adhere to the set deadlines for registration of the 2023 examinations.
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