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Government to waive KCSE, KCPE registration fees for all candidates

The government has announced that registration for KCSE and KCPE examinations will be free for all candidates. While presenting the 2020-2021 financial year national budget on June 11, 2020 Treasury CS Ukur Yatani said the government had allocated Sh4 billion for examination fee waiver for all class eight and form four candidates.

Currently, the government of Kenya pays examination fees for all candidates in public and private schools except: candidates who are re-sitting/repeaters, Non-citizens candidates; Candidates in Prison and Private candidates registering in the Sub County private examination centres.

The Kenya National Examinations Council, knec, charges registration fees as shown in the tables below.

FEES PAYABLE PER A STUDENT’S SUBJECTS ENTRY

NO. OF SUBJECTS ENTERED	FEES PAYABLE, KSHS.
1 Subject	3,100
2 Subjects	3,500
3 Subjects	3,900
4 subjects	4,300
5 subjects	4,700
6 subjects	5,100
7 subjects	5,500
8 subjects	5,900
9 subjects	6,300

A student pays as per the number of subjects she/ he is to register for.

EXTRA FEES FOR STUDENTS TAKING PROJECT- BASED SUBJECTS

This fee is paid only for students taking the following project based subjects.

SUBJECT NAME	SUBJECT CODE	FEES PAYABLE, KSHS.
Home Science	441	200
Art and Design	442	200
Agriculture	443	200
Woodwork	444	200
Metal Work	445	200
Building Construction	446	200
Power Mechanics	447	500
Electricity	448	500
Drawing and Design	449	200
Aviation Technology	450	2,500
Computer Studies	451	200
French	501	500
German	502	500
Arabic	503	500
Kenya Sign Language	504	500
Music	511	500

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