Knec March/April 2023 DTE Exams Timetable (Final knec Copy)

THE KENYA NATIONAL EXAMINATIONS COUNCIL

KNEC/TD/SE/DTE/TT/23/001

 THE 2023 DIPLOMA IN TEACHER EDUCATION (DTE) EXAMINATION TIMETABLE & INSTRUCTIONS

 GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS

  • The time allowed for each paper is indicated against the name of the paper and NO EXTRA TIME IS TO BE ALLOWED. In case of any discrepancy, the time stated on the question paper must be taken as Candidates with Visual Impairment will NOT be given extra time other than what is stated on their respective papers. Any time allocated to reading through questions, studying maps etc, is included in the total time shown, except when special paper instructions indicate otherwise.

                  IMPORTANT NOTICE

  • Your attention is drawn to the regulations governing the conduct of examination on the back
  • Supervisors and invigilators MUST ensure that candidates have written their names and index numbers on their answer scripts before they take the scripts from the
  • Trainers should ensure that the candidates take note of the instructions given at the back and are aware of the penalties for irregularities or misconduct. 

2.0 EXAMINATION PERIOD AND DATES

 

ITEMDAYS/DATE(S)SESSIONITEM NOPAPER CODEPAPER/SUBJECTDURATION
2.1May to

November 2022

 1.9514/1Art and Design (Project)7 Months
2.2October 2022 to

January 2023

 2.9520/2BHome Economics – Clothing Construction (Project)4 Months
2.3Thursday

16/03/2023

8.30 am – 9.30 am

(1st session)

3.9520/2APractical Planning Session –

Home Economics (Foods and Nutrition)

1 Hour
2.4Monday 20/03/2023REHEARSAL DAY
 

2.5

Tuesday

21/03/2023

 

1 day

4.9505/1AFrench Oral Skills40 mins. per candidate
5.9506/2AGerman Oral
6.9507/1AArabic Oral Skills
7.9515/1AMusic Practical Performance15 mins. per

candidate

8.9520/2AHome Economics (Foods and Nutrition)

(Practical)

2 hours
9.9514/2Art and Design (Practical)4 hours
 

2.6

Wednesday

22/03/2023

8.30 am – 11.30 am

(1st session)

10.9501/1Education3 hours
11.30 am 12.00 pm  Break30 minutes
12.00 pm – 3.00 pm

(2nd session)

11.9503/1English (Creative Writing and Functional Skills)3 hours
12.9517/1Physics (Theory)3 hours
2.7Thursday

 

23/03/2023

8.30 am – 11.30 am

(1st session)

13.9502/1Physical Education (Skill Development)3 hours
11.30 am 12.00 pm  Break30 minutes
 

12.00 pm – 3.00 pm

(2nd session)

14.9519/1Biology3 hours
15.9508/1Geography (Physical and Biogeography)3 hours

 

 

ITEMDAYS/DATE(S)SESSIONITEM NOPAPER CODEPAPER/SUBJECTDURATION
2.8Friday

 

24/03/2023

8.30 am – 11.30 am

(1st session)

16.9522/1Computer Studies3 hours
11.30 am 12.00 pm  Break30 minutes
12.00 pm – 3.00 pm

(2nd session)

17.9503/2English (Literary Appreciation)3 hours
18.9518/1Chemistry3 hours
2.9Monday

 

27/03/2023

8.30 am – 11.30 am

(1st session)

19.9502/2Principles of Physical Education3 Hours
11.30 am 12.00 pm  Break30 minutes
 

12.00 pm – 2.30 pm

(2nd session)

20.9521/1Agriculture (Crop Production and Agricultural

Engineering)

2 ½ hours
21.9505/1BFrench (Dictation, Listening Comprehension

and Composition)

2 ½ hours
12.00 pm – 2.00 pm

(2nd session)

22.9506/2BGerman (Composition and Listening

Comprehension)

2 hours
23.9507/1BArabic (Listening Comprehension and

Composition)

2 hours
2.10Tuesday

 

28/03/2023

8.30 am – 11.30 am

(1st session)

24.9501/2Education3 hours
11.30 am 12.00 pm  Break30 minutes
12.00pm – 3.00 pm

(2nd session)

25.9510/1C R E (Old Testament and Major Religions)3 hours
26.9511/1I R E (Quran, Hadith, Devotional Acts, Pillars

of Iman)

3 hours
27.9512/1H R E3 hours
2.11Wednesday

 

29/03/2023

8.30 am – 11.30 am

(1st session)

28.9516/1Mathematics3 hours
11.30 am 12.00 pm  Break30 minutes
12.00 pm – 3.00 pm

(2nd session)

29.9513/3Business Studies (Methodology)3 hours
2.12Thursday

 

30/03/2023

 

8.30 am – 11.30 am

(1st session)

30.9503/3English (Methodology, ELT and Language Acquisition Theories)3 hours
31.9517/2Physics3 hours
11.30 am 12.00 pm  Break30 minutes
 

12.00 pm – 3.00 pm

(2nd session)

32.9519/2Biology3 hours
33.9508/2Geography (Practical and Human Geography)3 hours
2.13Friday

 

31/03/2023

8.30 am – 10.00 am

(1st session)

34.9504/1AKiswahili (Essay Writing)1 ½ hours
10.30 – 12.30 pm

(1st session)

35.9504/1BKiswahili (Linguistics and Language skills)2 hours
12.30 pm 1.00 pm  Break30 minutes
1.00 pm – 4.00 pm

(2nd session)

36.9505/2French (Grammar, Reading Comprehension

and Extensive Reading)

3 hours
37.9507/2Arabic (Grammar, Reading Comprehension,

Summary, Nature of Arabic Language and Literature)

3 hours
 

1.00 pm – 3.30 pm

(2nd session)

38.9521/2Agriculture (Livestock Production and

Agricultural Economics)

2 ½ hours
39.9506/1German (Grammar and Reading Comprehension)2 ½ hours
40.9517/3Physics (Methodology)2 ½ hours
2.14Monday

 

03/04/2023

8.30 am – 11.30 am

(1st session)

41.9516/2Mathematics3 hours
11.30 am 12.00 pm  Break30 minutes
12.00 pm – 2.30 pm

(2nd session)

42.9509/1History and Government (History and

Government of Kenya)

2 ½ hours
12.00 pm – 3.00 pm

(2nd session)

43.9515/2Music (Basic Skills, History and Analysis)3 hours

 

 

ITEMDAYS/DATE(S)SESSIONITEM NOPAPER CODEPAPER/SUBJECTDURATION
2.15Tuesday

 

04/04/2023

8.30 am – 11.30 am

(1st session)

44.9504/2Kiswahili (Literature)3 hours
45.9519/3Biology (Methodology)3 hours
11.30 am 12.00 pm  Break30 minutes
12.00 pm – 3.00 pm

(2nd session)

46.9513/1Business studies3 hours
2.16Wednesday

 

05/04/2023

8.30 am – 10.30 am

(1st session)

47.9518/2Chemistry2 hours
8.30 am – 11.30 am

(1st session)

48.9504/3Kiswahili (Methodology)3 hours
11.30 am 12.00 pm  Break30 minutes
 

12.00 pm – 3.00 pm

(2nd session)

49.9510/2CRE (New Testament)3 hours
50.9511/2IRE (Akhlaq, Muamalat, History of Islam and

Muslim Scholars)

3 hours
51.9512/2H R E3 hours
52.9522/2Computer Studies3 hours
2.17Thursday

 

06/04/2023

8.30 am – 11.00 am

(1st session)

53.9516/3Mathematics (Methodology)2 ½ hours
8.30 am – 11.30 am

(1st session)

54.9505/3French (Methodology)3 hours
55.9506/3German (Methodology)3 hours
56.9507/3Arabic (Methodology)3 hours
11.30 am 12.00 pm  Break30 minutes
12.00 pm – 3.00 pm

(2nd session)

57.9502/3Physical Education (Methodology)3 hours
2.18Tuesday

 

11/04/2023

8.30 am – 11.30 am

(1st session)

58.9510/3CRE (Methodology)3 hours
59.9511/3IRE (Methodology)3 hours
60.9512/3H R E3 hours
61.9522/3Computer Studies (Methodology)3 hours
11.30 am 12.00 pm  Break30 minutes
12.00 pm– 2.00 pm

(2nd session)

62.9518/3Chemistry (Methodology)2 hours
12.00 pm– 3.00 pm

(2nd session)

63.9514/3Art and Design (Theory & Methodology)3 hours
2.19Wednesday

 

12/04/2023

8.30 am – 11.30 am

(1st session)

64.9513/2Business Studies3 hours
65.9520/1Home Economics (Theory)3 Hours
11.30 am 12.00 pm  Break30 minutes
12.00 pm– 1.00 pm66.9515/1BMusic (Aural)1 hour
12.00 pm– 2.30 pm

(2nd session)

67.9509/2History and Government (Themes in World History)2 ½ hours
2.20Thursday

 

13/04/2023

8.30 am – 11.30 am

(1st session)

68.9508/3Geography (Methodology)3 hours
69.9520/3Home Economics (Methodology)3 hours
11.30 am 12.00 pm  Break30 minutes
12.00 pm – 2.30 pm

(2nd session)

70.9509/3History and Government (Methodology)2 ½ hours
2.21Friday

 

14/04/2023

8.30 am – 11.30 am

(1st session)

71.9501/3Education (Methodology)3 hours
11.30 am 12.00 pm  Break30 minutes
12.00 pm – 2.00 pm

(2nd session)

72.9521/3Agriculture (Methodology)2 hours
73.9515/3Music (Methodology)2 hours

 

3.0        INSTRUCTIONS AND GUIDELINES TO SUPERVISORS, INVIGILATORS, TRAINERS AND CANDIDATES

  • Trainers are advised to ensure that the candidates read these instructions and guidelines carefully and adhere to them. The candidates should be made aware of the penalties for examination irregularities or

 

 GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES

  • Be at your seat in the examination room ten minutes before the time fixed for the examination in the various papers. 1stsession should start at 30 a.m. followed by the 2ndsession.
  • A candidate who arrives late will be required to give a satisfactory reason to the Supervisor. Only in exceptional circumstances will a paper be given to any candidate who is more than half an hour Absolute punctuality is essential for all papers.
  • Check the question paper you have been given to confirm that it is the paper you registered
  • If an examination paper for which you are not registered is handed to you, or if the questions indicate that a map or other material should also have been provided, inform the Supervisor at once.
  • Attend carefully to any general instructions that may be given on the first page of a paper, e.g. instructions limiting the number of questions that should be
  • Check to ensure that each page of your question paper is
  • Write your name and your index number on the answer
  • Write on both sides of the paper, but do not use the Begin the answer to each separate part of a question on a fresh line.
  • Write the number of the question clearly in the left-hand margin at the beginning of each answer. Do not copy the question. Be careful to use the same system of numbering as appears in the question Leave a blank line after the answer to each question.
  • Write your answer in black or blue You may use a fountain pen or a ballpoint pen. Pencils should only be used for diagrams. Bring mathematical and drawing instruments for subjects for which they will be needed.
  • Read each question A lot of time may be wasted in writing down information that is not asked for and no marks are given for it.
  • Do not spend too much time on one or two questions, leave yourself adequate time to answer other
  • As soon as notice is given to stop, make sure your index number is written on the booklet and then hand it over to the supervisor/invigilator.
  • Withdrawal from the examination should have been notified to the KNEC in writing before the examination

 

 CAUTION TO THE CANDIDATES

  • You are not allowed to leave the examination room before the end of the period allocated to the paper except with special permission from the Supervisor. NO CANDIDATE SO PERMITTED TO LEAVE MAY TAKE A QUESTION PAPER OR ANSWER BOOKLET OUT OF THE EXAMINATION
  • Do not leave a sheet of paper you have written on or your answers in such a position that another candidate can read them. You should not give or obtain unfair assistance, or attempt to do so, whether by copying or in any other way, and your work should not show proof of such unfair
  • No communication whatsoever in whatever manner between candidates or with outsiders is allowed during the
  • You are not allowed to have in your possession or in your proximity while in the examination room, any book, notes, papers or any other materials whatsoever except the correct question papers and any materials expressly authorized by the Kenya National Examinations
  • You may use mathematical tables where required and these should not contain any additional notes except the printed information. If you are using a calculator as permitted by the Regulations, it should be the specified non programmable calculator. If in doubt, check with the
  • You must return immediately to the Supervisor any question paper that has smudges or has errors or is badly
  • You must not take any used or unused writing paper out of the examination Any rough work must be done on the official answer booklet and, if not to be submitted with the answers, must be left on the desk to be collected by the Supervisor and destroyed.
  • Any misconduct or causing of disturbance in or near the examination room will be treated as an examination
  • Cell phones or any other electronic communication device are prohibited in examination centres. Any candidate caught in possession of a cell phone/any other electronic device will have his/her results

 

 PENALTY FOR EXAMINATION IRREGULARITIES

  • The KNEC Act 29 of 2012 Offences and Penalties stated in Sections 27 to 40 for cases of examination irregularities will apply. Some of the highlights in these Sections state that:
    • A candidate who commits an examination irregularity in any paper will have the results for the WHOLE SUBJECT Such a

candidate will not be entitled to a result and will be awarded result “Y” overall.

  • If there is evidence of wide-spread irregularities in any examination centre, the examination results for the whole centre will be
  • Any person who:-
    1. gains access to examination material and knowingly reveals the contents, whether orally or in writing, to an unauthorized party, whether a candidate or not, will be in violation of Section 27 of the Act and the penalty will be imprisonment for a term not exceeding ten years, or a fine not exceeding two million shillings or both;
    2. willfully and maliciously damages examination material will be in violation of Section 30 of the Act and the penalty will be imprisonment for a term not exceeding five years or a fine not exceeding five million shillings or both;
    3. is not registered to take a KNEC examination but, with intent to impersonate, presents or attempts to present himself to take the part of an enrolled candidate will be in violation of Section 31 of the Act, and shall be guilty of an offence and liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years or a fine not exceeding two million shillings or both and shall be prohibited from taking an examination conducted by or on behalf of the Council for a period of three years.
  • Please ensure that you do not commit any examination irregularity to avoid having your results

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