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

 

ITEM	DAYS/DATE(S)	SESSION	ITEM NO	PAPER CODE	PAPER/SUBJECT	DURATION
2.1	May to November 2022		1.	9514/1	Art and Design (Project)	7 Months
2.2	October 2022 to January 2023		2.	9520/2B	Home Economics – Clothing Construction (Project)	4 Months
2.3	Thursday 16/03/2023	8.30 am – 9.30 am (1st session)	3.	9520/2A	Practical Planning Session – Home Economics (Foods and Nutrition)	1 Hour
2.4	Monday 20/03/2023	REHEARSAL DAY
2.5	Tuesday 21/03/2023	1 day	4.	9505/1A	French Oral Skills	40 mins. per candidate
			5.	9506/2A	German Oral
			6.	9507/1A	Arabic Oral Skills
			7.	9515/1A	Music Practical Performance	15 mins. per candidate
			8.	9520/2A	Home Economics (Foods and Nutrition) (Practical)	2 hours
			9.	9514/2	Art and Design (Practical)	4 hours
2.6	Wednesday 22/03/2023	8.30 am – 11.30 am (1st session)	10.	9501/1	Education	3 hours
		11.30 am – 12.00 pm			Break	30 minutes
		12.00 pm – 3.00 pm (2nd session)	11.	9503/1	English (Creative Writing and Functional Skills)	3 hours
			12.	9517/1	Physics (Theory)	3 hours
2.7	Thursday   23/03/2023	8.30 am – 11.30 am (1st session)	13.	9502/1	Physical Education (Skill Development)	3 hours
		11.30 am – 12.00 pm			Break	30 minutes
		12.00 pm – 3.00 pm (2nd session)	14.	9519/1	Biology	3 hours
			15.	9508/1	Geography (Physical and Biogeography)	3 hours

 

 

ITEM	DAYS/DATE(S)	SESSION	ITEM NO	PAPER CODE	PAPER/SUBJECT	DURATION
2.8	Friday   24/03/2023	8.30 am – 11.30 am (1st session)	16.	9522/1	Computer Studies	3 hours
		11.30 am – 12.00 pm			Break	30 minutes
		12.00 pm – 3.00 pm (2nd session)	17.	9503/2	English (Literary Appreciation)	3 hours
			18.	9518/1	Chemistry	3 hours
2.9	Monday   27/03/2023	8.30 am – 11.30 am (1st session)	19.	9502/2	Principles of Physical Education	3 Hours
		11.30 am – 12.00 pm			Break	30 minutes
		12.00 pm – 2.30 pm (2nd session)	20.	9521/1	Agriculture (Crop Production and Agricultural Engineering)	2 ½ hours
			21.	9505/1B	French (Dictation, Listening Comprehension and Composition)	2 ½ hours
		12.00 pm – 2.00 pm (2nd session)	22.	9506/2B	German (Composition and Listening Comprehension)	2 hours
			23.	9507/1B	Arabic (Listening Comprehension and Composition)	2 hours
2.10	Tuesday   28/03/2023	8.30 am – 11.30 am (1st session)	24.	9501/2	Education	3 hours
		11.30 am – 12.00 pm			Break	30 minutes
		12.00pm – 3.00 pm (2nd session)	25.	9510/1	C R E (Old Testament and Major Religions)	3 hours
			26.	9511/1	I R E (Quran, Hadith, Devotional Acts, Pillars of Iman)	3 hours
			27.	9512/1	H R E	3 hours
2.11	Wednesday   29/03/2023	8.30 am – 11.30 am (1st session)	28.	9516/1	Mathematics	3 hours
		11.30 am – 12.00 pm			Break	30 minutes
		12.00 pm – 3.00 pm (2nd session)	29.	9513/3	Business Studies (Methodology)	3 hours
2.12	Thursday   30/03/2023	8.30 am – 11.30 am (1st session)	30.	9503/3	English (Methodology, ELT and Language Acquisition Theories)	3 hours
			31.	9517/2	Physics	3 hours
		11.30 am – 12.00 pm			Break	30 minutes
		12.00 pm – 3.00 pm (2nd session)	32.	9519/2	Biology	3 hours
			33.	9508/2	Geography (Practical and Human Geography)	3 hours
2.13	Friday   31/03/2023	8.30 am – 10.00 am (1st session)	34.	9504/1A	Kiswahili (Essay Writing)	1 ½ hours
		10.30 – 12.30 pm (1st session)	35.	9504/1B	Kiswahili (Linguistics and Language skills)	2 hours
		12.30 pm – 1.00 pm			Break	30 minutes
		1.00 pm – 4.00 pm (2nd session)	36.	9505/2	French (Grammar, Reading Comprehension and Extensive Reading)	3 hours
			37.	9507/2	Arabic (Grammar, Reading Comprehension, Summary, Nature of Arabic Language and Literature)	3 hours
		1.00 pm – 3.30 pm (2nd session)	38.	9521/2	Agriculture (Livestock Production and Agricultural Economics)	2 ½ hours
			39.	9506/1	German (Grammar and Reading Comprehension)	2 ½ hours
			40.	9517/3	Physics (Methodology)	2 ½ hours
2.14	Monday   03/04/2023	8.30 am – 11.30 am (1st session)	41.	9516/2	Mathematics	3 hours
		11.30 am – 12.00 pm			Break	30 minutes
		12.00 pm – 2.30 pm (2nd session)	42.	9509/1	History and Government (History and Government of Kenya)	2 ½ hours
		12.00 pm – 3.00 pm (2nd session)	43.	9515/2	Music (Basic Skills, History and Analysis)	3 hours

 

 

ITEM	DAYS/DATE(S)	SESSION	ITEM NO	PAPER CODE	PAPER/SUBJECT	DURATION
2.15	Tuesday   04/04/2023	8.30 am – 11.30 am (1st session)	44.	9504/2	Kiswahili (Literature)	3 hours
			45.	9519/3	Biology (Methodology)	3 hours
		11.30 am – 12.00 pm			Break	30 minutes
		12.00 pm – 3.00 pm (2nd session)	46.	9513/1	Business studies	3 hours
2.16	Wednesday   05/04/2023	8.30 am – 10.30 am (1st session)	47.	9518/2	Chemistry	2 hours
		8.30 am – 11.30 am (1st session)	48.	9504/3	Kiswahili (Methodology)	3 hours
		11.30 am – 12.00 pm			Break	30 minutes
		12.00 pm – 3.00 pm (2nd session)	49.	9510/2	CRE (New Testament)	3 hours
			50.	9511/2	IRE (Akhlaq, Muamalat, History of Islam and Muslim Scholars)	3 hours
			51.	9512/2	H R E	3 hours
			52.	9522/2	Computer Studies	3 hours
2.17	Thursday   06/04/2023	8.30 am – 11.00 am (1st session)	53.	9516/3	Mathematics (Methodology)	2 ½ hours
		8.30 am – 11.30 am (1st session)	54.	9505/3	French (Methodology)	3 hours
			55.	9506/3	German (Methodology)	3 hours
			56.	9507/3	Arabic (Methodology)	3 hours
		11.30 am – 12.00 pm			Break	30 minutes
		12.00 pm – 3.00 pm (2nd session)	57.	9502/3	Physical Education (Methodology)	3 hours
2.18	Tuesday   11/04/2023	8.30 am – 11.30 am (1st session)	58.	9510/3	CRE (Methodology)	3 hours
			59.	9511/3	IRE (Methodology)	3 hours
			60.	9512/3	H R E	3 hours
			61.	9522/3	Computer Studies (Methodology)	3 hours
		11.30 am – 12.00 pm			Break	30 minutes
		12.00 pm– 2.00 pm (2nd session)	62.	9518/3	Chemistry (Methodology)	2 hours
		12.00 pm– 3.00 pm (2nd session)	63.	9514/3	Art and Design (Theory & Methodology)	3 hours
2.19	Wednesday   12/04/2023	8.30 am – 11.30 am (1st session)	64.	9513/2	Business Studies	3 hours
			65.	9520/1	Home Economics (Theory)	3 Hours
		11.30 am – 12.00 pm			Break	30 minutes
		12.00 pm– 1.00 pm	66.	9515/1B	Music (Aural)	1 hour
		12.00 pm– 2.30 pm (2nd session)	67.	9509/2	History and Government (Themes in World History)	2 ½ hours
2.20	Thursday   13/04/2023	8.30 am – 11.30 am (1st session)	68.	9508/3	Geography (Methodology)	3 hours
			69.	9520/3	Home Economics (Methodology)	3 hours
		11.30 am – 12.00 pm			Break	30 minutes
		12.00 pm – 2.30 pm (2nd session)	70.	9509/3	History and Government (Methodology)	2 ½ hours
2.21	Friday   14/04/2023	8.30 am – 11.30 am (1st session)	71.	9501/3	Education (Methodology)	3 hours
		11.30 am – 12.00 pm			Break	30 minutes
		12.00 pm – 2.00 pm (2nd session)	72.	9521/3	Agriculture (Methodology)	2 hours
			73.	9515/3	Music (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

CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER