KNEC EXAMINERS’ TRAINING 2026

The Kenya National Examinations Council (KNEC) will train College tutors for marking of Teacher Education assessments and assessment of practicum in the month of April 2026.

The training fee is Ten Thousand Five Hundred shillings (Ksh 10,500.00) and will ONLY be made by the shortlisted applicants who will be notified on how to make the payment through a text message (SMS) and via the application portal.

College tutors deployed from secondary schools and tutors handling special needs trainees (Braille and Hearing Impaired) are highly encouraged to apply.

The training will be a blend of online and residential training. Access to the online training material, dates and the venue for the residential training will be communicated to the shortlisted trainees at a later date.

KNEC will thereafter engage such examiners using the criteria for recruitment of examiners based on the personnel needs for each paper.

Tutors who are already trained as DSTE, DPTE or DECTE assessors and are in the KNEC database of examiners need not apply.

Applications are therefore invited from interested and qualified teachers as follows;

1.0 DPTE, DECTE and DTE PP&P ASSESSMENTS

College tutors to train as DPTE, DECTE and DTE PP & P assessors in the following learning areas:

S/NO.	PAPER NAME	PAPER CODES
1.1	English	9011/9611
1.2	Kiswahili	9012/9612
1.3	Mathematics	9014/9614
1.4	Environmental Education	9015
1.5	Physical Education/ Physical and Health Education	9016/9615
1.6	Health and Nutrition/ Home Science	9017/9616
1.7	CRE	9018/9619
1.8	IRE	9019/9620
1.9	Educational Assessment, Management, ICT and Research Skills	9021/9622

1.10	Child Development, Psychology and Inclusive Education	9022/9624
1.11	Curriculum Studies and Foundation of Education	9023/9624
1.12	Art and Craft	9024/9625
1.13	Music	9025/9626
1.14	Indigenous Languages	9026/9628
1.15	French	9027/9629
1.16	German	9028/9630
1.17	Arabic	9030/9632
1.18	Agriculture	9617
1.19	Social Studies	9618
1.20	Science and Technology	9627

2.0 DSTE ASSESSMENT

S/NO	PAPER NAME	PAPER CODES
2.1	Educational Assessment, ICT, Research, Resources, Leadership and Management	9701
2.2	Psychology and Inclusive Education	9702
2.3	Curriculum Studies and Foundations of Education	9703
2.4	Community Service Learning	9705
2.5	English	9706
2.6	Literature in English	9707
2.7	Kiswahili	9708
2.8	Fasihi ya Kiswahili	9709
2.9	Indigenous Language	9711
2.10	Arabic	9712
2.11	French	9713
2.12	German	9714
2.13	Mathematics	9716
2.14	Chemistry	9717
2.15	Physics	9718
2.16	Biology	9719
2.17	integrated Science	9720
2.18	Agriculture	9721
2.19	Health, Food and Nutrition	9722
2.20	Home Science	9723

2.21	Home and Hospitality Management	9725
2.22	Computer Science	9726
2.23	Christian Religious Education	9727
2.24	Islamic Religious Education	9728
2.25	Social Studies	9730
2.26	Business Studies	9731
2.27	History and Citizenship	9732
2.28	Geography	9733
2.29	Sports and Recreation	9735
2.30	Physical Education	9736
2.31	Visual Arts	9738
2.32	Fine Art	9739
2.33	Music and Dance	9740
2.34	Performing Arts	9741
2.35	Theatre and Film	9742
2.36	Wood Technology	9743
2.37	Electrical Technology	9746
2.38	Pre-Technical Studies	9752
2.39	Textile Design Technology	9755
2.40	Mechatronics	9756
2.41	Media Technology	9757

3.0 CRITERIA FOR TRAINING AS AN EXAMINER

3.1 General requirements for all applicants

3.1 Must be a practicing tutor/lecturer in the relevant subject areas iat the level of assessment in a Teacher Training College, University or TVET institution

3.2 Must be registered and/or employed by the Teachers Service Commission (TSC)

3.3 Must have a Diegree in Education and above

3.4 Must have a minimum Teacher Training experience of two (2) years

3.5 Must NOT be on interdiction or any other form of disciplinary action from TSC

3.6 Must be recommended by his/her head of institution

3.7 Must be below 55 years of age

4.0 APPLICATION PROCEDURE

Applicants are required to do the following;

4.1 Access the KNEC examiners portal using the linkhttps://examinersapp.knec.ac.ke

4.2 Those with CP2 accounts should log into the portal using their usernames and passwords

4.3 Those who would have forgotten their CP2 passwords should click on reset password button and enter their mobile number in the format (2547********) and submit to get new passwords for logging to the system

4.4 Those without CP2 accounts should click on create account and follow instructions to acquire login credentials to access the system

4.5 Upon successful log in, the applicants will then complete their personal profile and save.

On the dashboard click on apply for training and all the declared vacancies will be available for the applicants to choose and apply

The training slots are limited and only qualified tutors who have presented all the required documents will be shortlisted for the exercise.

Chief Executive Officer
The Kenya National Examinations Council
P.O Box 73598 – 00200, NAIROBI

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KNEC EXAMINERS’ TRAINING 2026

The Kenya National Examinations Council (KNEC) will train College tutors for marking of Teacher Education assessments and assessment of practicum in the month of April 2026.

The training fee is Ten Thousand Five Hundred shillings (Ksh 10,500.00) and will ONLY be made by the shortlisted applicants who will be notified on how to make the payment through a text message (SMS) and via the application portal.

College tutors deployed from secondary schools and tutors handling special needs trainees (Braille and Hearing Impaired) are highly encouraged to apply.

The training will be a blend of online and residential training. Access to the online training material, dates and the venue for the residential training will be communicated to the shortlisted trainees at a later date.

KNEC will thereafter engage such examiners using the criteria for recruitment of examiners based on the personnel needs for each paper.

Tutors who are already trained as DSTE, DPTE or DECTE assessors and are in the KNEC database of examiners need not apply.

Applications are therefore invited from interested and qualified teachers as follows;

1.0 DPTE, DECTE and DTE PP&P ASSESSMENTS

College tutors to train as DPTE, DECTE and DTE PP & P assessors in the following learning areas:

S/NO.	PAPER NAME	PAPER CODES
1.1	English	9011/9611
1.2	Kiswahili	9012/9612
1.3	Mathematics	9014/9614
1.4	Environmental Education	9015
1.5	Physical Education/ Physical and Health Education	9016/9615
1.6	Health and Nutrition/ Home Science	9017/9616
1.7	CRE	9018/9619
1.8	IRE	9019/9620
1.9	Educational Assessment, Management, ICT and Research Skills	9021/9622

1.10	Child Development, Psychology and Inclusive Education	9022/9624
1.11	Curriculum Studies and Foundation of Education	9023/9624
1.12	Art and Craft	9024/9625
1.13	Music	9025/9626
1.14	Indigenous Languages	9026/9628
1.15	French	9027/9629
1.16	German	9028/9630
1.17	Arabic	9030/9632
1.18	Agriculture	9617
1.19	Social Studies	9618
1.20	Science and Technology	9627

2.0 DSTE ASSESSMENT

S/NO	PAPER NAME	PAPER CODES
2.1	Educational Assessment, ICT, Research, Resources, Leadership and Management	9701
2.2	Psychology and Inclusive Education	9702
2.3	Curriculum Studies and Foundations of Education	9703
2.4	Community Service Learning	9705
2.5	English	9706
2.6	Literature in English	9707
2.7	Kiswahili	9708
2.8	Fasihi ya Kiswahili	9709
2.9	Indigenous Language	9711
2.10	Arabic	9712
2.11	French	9713
2.12	German	9714
2.13	Mathematics	9716
2.14	Chemistry	9717
2.15	Physics	9718
2.16	Biology	9719
2.17	integrated Science	9720
2.18	Agriculture	9721
2.19	Health, Food and Nutrition	9722
2.20	Home Science	9723

2.21	Home and Hospitality Management	9725
2.22	Computer Science	9726
2.23	Christian Religious Education	9727
2.24	Islamic Religious Education	9728
2.25	Social Studies	9730
2.26	Business Studies	9731
2.27	History and Citizenship	9732
2.28	Geography	9733
2.29	Sports and Recreation	9735
2.30	Physical Education	9736
2.31	Visual Arts	9738
2.32	Fine Art	9739
2.33	Music and Dance	9740
2.34	Performing Arts	9741
2.35	Theatre and Film	9742
2.36	Wood Technology	9743
2.37	Electrical Technology	9746
2.38	Pre-Technical Studies	9752
2.39	Textile Design Technology	9755
2.40	Mechatronics	9756
2.41	Media Technology	9757

3.0 CRITERIA FOR TRAINING AS AN EXAMINER

3.1 General requirements for all applicants

3.1 Must be a practicing tutor/lecturer in the relevant subject areas iat the level of assessment in a Teacher Training College, University or TVET institution

3.2 Must be registered and/or employed by the Teachers Service Commission (TSC)

3.3 Must have a Diegree in Education and above

3.4 Must have a minimum Teacher Training experience of two (2) years

3.5 Must NOT be on interdiction or any other form of disciplinary action from TSC

3.6 Must be recommended by his/her head of institution

3.7 Must be below 55 years of age

4.0 APPLICATION PROCEDURE

Applicants are required to do the following;

4.1 Access the KNEC examiners portal using the linkhttps://examinersapp.knec.ac.ke

4.2 Those with CP2 accounts should log into the portal using their usernames and passwords

4.3 Those who would have forgotten their CP2 passwords should click on reset password button and enter their mobile number in the format (2547********) and submit to get new passwords for logging to the system

4.4 Those without CP2 accounts should click on create account and follow instructions to acquire login credentials to access the system

4.5 Upon successful log in, the applicants will then complete their personal profile and save.

On the dashboard click on apply for training and all the declared vacancies will be available for the applicants to choose and apply

The training slots are limited and only qualified tutors who have presented all the required documents will be shortlisted for the exercise.

Chief Executive Officer
The Kenya National Examinations Council
P.O Box 73598 – 00200, NAIROBI