The National examinations body has released guidelines and timelines for registration of of candidates for the 2020 Teacher Education Examinations. These instructions on registration of candidates for the 2020 Teacher Education examinations are based on the Kenya National Examination Council, KNEC, 2014 regulations for each examination.
These Teacher education examinations are;
1.1.1 Primary Teacher Education (PTE),
1.1.2 Diploma in Teacher Education (DTE),
1.1.3 Early Childhood Development Education – Proficiency Certificate and Diploma Examinations (ECDE),
1.1.4 Teacher Certificate in Adult Education (TCAE),
1.1.5 Diploma in Special Needs Education Part I and II.
1.2 Registration of candidates who will be sitting for the Teacher
Education examinations in 2020 will be done strictly on-line.
The Institutions / Colleges will access the KNEC registration portals:
- https://registration knec.ac.ke/online-sne or
- https://registration knec.ac.ke/online-tcae
- https://registration knec.ac.ke/online-dte
- https://registration knec.ac.ke/online-pte/using
The user name and the pass word provided by the Council via the respective college email addresses. Candidates’ index numbers will be from 0001 to 9999 for ALL Teacher Examinations.
1.3 Heads of Institutions/Sub-County Directors of Education/Sub County Adult Education Officers are expected to strictly follow the procedures on registration of candidates as outlined in the registration portal. Any deviation from the procedures would either render the candidates ineligible for registration or cause the processing of the candidate’s examination results to be delayed, deferred or cancelled.
1.4 All candidates are institutional based; hence no private candidates entered for teacher education examinations.
1.5 The registration of candidates is done by the college principal or Sub County Education Officer for the registration of ECDE Proficiency and Sub County Adult and Continuing Education Officer for TCAE examination.
1.6 It is the responsibility of the candidate, to ensure that their names,
gender and previous details for repeaters are in every way correct
and is a replica of the qualifying certificate and that they are
entered for the correct course/option and paper(s).
Important links:
- KNEC: How to download Contracted Professionals’ letters
- KNEC Contracted Professionals: How to check deployment station and other details
- KNEC: PTE, ECDE, SNE Latest registration instructions
- hKNEC Exam Administration: How to access, mark and print the Contracted Professionals’ attendance Register
- KNEC Exam results and Certificates: How to receive results and certificates from KNEC
- A link to all KNEC portals
- KNEC grading system for all subjects
- Identification, Nomination and selection of KNEC contracted Professionals
- Important information for teachers wishing to train as KNEC examiners
- KNEC: How to assign index numbers to KCPE, KCSE candidates
- tHow to download marking invitation letters for KNEC examiners
1.7 The registration dates for the 2020 Examinations are shown in the table below;
TABLE 1: REGISTRATION DATES FOR 2020 TEACHER EDUCATION EXAMINATIONS
| TYPE OF EXAMINATION | GROUP OF CANDIDATES | REGISTRATION DATES | EXAM MONTH |
| Diploma in Teacher Education (DTE( | Regular Students and Repeaters | 1st August to 15th October, 2019 | March 2020 |
| Special Needs Education (SNE) Part I and II | Regular Students and Repeaters | 1st August 15th November, 2019 | April 2020 |
| Teacher Certificate in Adult Education (TCAE) | Regular Students and Repeaters | 1st September to 15th October, 2019 | July 2020 |
| Primary Teacher Education (PTE) | Regular Students and Repeaters | 1st September 15th October, 2019 | July 2020 |
| ECDE Proficiency, Certificate and Diploma | Regular Students and Repeaters | 1st August to 15th September 2019 | April 2020 |
NB: Please be informed that there will be no late registration of candidates
1.8 All Colleges/Institutions must have a minimum of ten (10) candidates to qualify for the registration of candidates for any of the Teacher Education examination offered by the institution/Sub County. Any centre wishing to register candidates for a course
with less than ten (10) candidates must pay at the cost of registering ten (10) candidates.
NB: Please note that the rates for the top up are as per the rates of the regular candidates not repeaters.
1.9 The Council will surcharge a candidate or the institution examination fee penalties in case of any form of registration errors requiring amendment after the close of registration period;
1.9.1 Change of subjects (this will be treated as an under protest case) will attract a fee penalty of three thousand shillings (Kes. 3,000) per registered candidate;
1.9.2 Amendment of candidates’ examination details will attract a penalty fee of five hundred shillings (Kes.500) per candidate.
1.10 For the registration of candidates with any form of special needs, the college/institution is expected to provide an approved medical report from a government hospital indicating the nature and extend of disability for such candidate(s) for ease of registration.
The council will consider each case in its own merit for further assessment.
1.11 Registration materials, which include the nominal roll signed by each candidate, fee payment deposit slips and corresponding invoice and copies of the qualifying certificates (e.g. KCSE) or equation letters for candidates with foreign certificates, are to be
submitted to KNEC by the Head of Institution or his/her nominee with written approval within two (2) weeks after the close of registration period for each examination. Submission of registration materials is compulsory.
1.12 All institutions must ensure that candidate’s photographs and the face/front side of the National Identification Card (ID) are uploaded. The uploaded photographs and ID card must be downloaded and printed to produce an institutions’ photo register.
The signed copy of the photo album is to be kept by the college/institution and handed over to the Supervisor during the rehearsal day of the examination for identification of registered candidates.
1.13 Each candidate is required to confirm the subjects registered for and sign against their names.
1.14 Colleges should note that copies of nominal roll, fee payment deposit slips and corresponding invoices should be certified by the Sub-County Director of Education before submission to KNEC.
REGULATIONS FOR REGISTRATION OF DIPLOMA IN TEACHER EDUCATION EXAMINATION
4.1 College/Institutional candidates entered for this examination must
have been bona – fide enrolled students studying in the college/Institution for the last two years.
4.2 Extra-territorial candidates who hold certificates from accredited foreign examining boards that are equivalent to the prescribed minimum entry requirement will be eligible to sit for the DTE examination. Before registration for the examination, such candidates should seek equation of their qualifications from the Council authorizing them to sit for the DTE examination.
4.3 Sighted Candidates
The minimum entry requirement for the Diploma in Teacher Education examination is as follows:
4.3.1 Mean Grade of C+ (plus) in the Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) or equivalent qualification
4.3.2 C+ (plus) in the subject of specialization or equivalent qualification
4.3.3 C (Plain) in Mathematics for those taking science based courses for all
4.3.4 C (Plain) in English or equivalent qualification applicants
4.3.5 D+ (plus) in Mathematics for those taking Humanities and
Creative Arts.
4.4 Candidates with Visually Impaired
4.4.1 Mean Grade of C (plain) in the Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) or equivalent qualification the subject of specialization or equivalent
4.4.2 C (plain) in qualification
4.4.3 C- (minus) in Mathematics for those taking science based courses
4.3.4 C- (minus) in English or equivalent qualification for all applicants
4.3.5 D (plain) in Mathematics for non science based courses.
4.5 A candidate must take two (2) teaching subjects and the professional support subjects. Candidates who has re-sat the KCSE examination and attained minimum subject grades will be eligible after getting a letter from KNEC giving their aggregate grade after repeating a KCSE subject(s).
NB: For DTE registration institutions can access the portal using the log-in website: https://registration.knec.ac.ke/online-dte
4.6 Teaching Practice
All DTE candidates must take teaching practice to qualify for the award of DTE diploma. Each candidate must be assessed six (6) times cutting across the different subjects registers the different subjects registered for examination. The candidates will be subjected to external assessment during the final teaching practice. Upon completion of the teaching practice, the candidate’s TP marks are to be uploaded into the KNEC website https://registration knec.ac.ke/online-dte by the external assessors in liaison with the college principal immediately after the final assessors meeting at the examination centre not later than 31st July 2020.
4.7 Continuous Assessment Test (CAT) Marks and Final Teaching Practice
The colleges are expected to compile three (3) sets of the candidate’s course work marks (CAT I, II and III) to be forwarded to the Council. Upon completion and approval of the CAT marks by the college principal, candidate’s marks are to be uploaded online to the KNEC website; https://registration knec.ac.ke/online-dte between 15th February and 31st March 2020.
The head of the institution is expected to sign and certify on each page of the CAT marks and submit it to Examinations Administration – Examination Management division.
4.8 DTE Examination Fees Candidates are expected to pay for the examination as per the Schedule shown in Table 4 below;
TABLE 4: DTE EXAMINATION FEE CHARGES
| TYPES OF FEE PAYMENT | TOTAL AMOUNT- KSh. |
| Basic fee for Regular | 1,600 |
| Fee Per Subject for regular students and repeaters | 2,750 |
| Search Fee Per Candidate | 450 |
| Teaching Practice Fee | 2,700 |
| Total Examination Fees For Regular Candidates | 15,300 |
| Total Examination Fees For Candidates Repeating one (1) Subject | 4,800 |
| Total Examination Fees For Candidates Repeating two (2) Subjects | 27,550 |
| Total Examination Fees For Candidates Repeating Teaching Practice | 4,750 |
4.9 Referrals.
Candidates who will be referred in the DTE examination can register to re-sit the 2020 DTE examination at their former colleges. The Principals are informed to upload the repeaters
details using the repeaters option in the registration portal https://registration knec.ac.ke/online-dte
Read also;
- Instructions for registration of candidates for the 2020 teacher education PTE, SNE, ECDE exams by knec
- A list of all knec log in portals used for exam registration, confirmation and results download plus contacts
- How to register KCPE, KCSE candidates for the 2020 KNEC exams; plus requirements
9.0 EXAMINATION FEES COLLECTION ACCOUNTS FOR ALL TEACHER EDUCATION EXAMINATIONS
9.1 After downloading a college invoice at the end of registration, Payment can be made into the Council Fees Collection Accounts in any of the Banks listed below;
TABLE 9: KNEC FEES COLLECTION ACCOUNTS BANK
| S/No. | BANK NAME |
| 9.1.1 | Co-operative Bank |
| 9.1.2 | National Bank of Kenya |
| 9.1.3 | Kenya Commercial Bank |
| 9.1.4 | Equity Bank |
Ensure the relevant deposit slip is used for each examination for accounting purposes.
9.2 You are hereby advised that no other mode of payment will be accepted by the Council.
The copies of the deposit slips and corresponding invoice will then be submitted to the Council within two (2) weeks after the close of the registration period.
10.0 QUERIES RELATED TO TEACHER EDUCATION EXAMINATIONS
10.1 All queries should be received by the council within 30 days after the date of release of examination results. Remarking of Teacher Education Examinations and replacement of certificates has been suspended by the Council.
10.2 Heads of institutions must check the examination results, results slips or certificates immediately after the release and raise queries within the 30 days after the date of release. The queries raised during this period will not attract any penalty.
10.3 Examination related queries received after the 30 days under 10.2 above will attract a penalty fee of Five Thousand shillings (Kes.5000) for the Council to resolve the issue.
11.0 RE-SITTING OF FAILED/REFERRED CANDIDATES CANCELLED RESULTS
11.1 As per the KNEC policy, candidates are allowed to re-sit a failed/referred examination paper(s)/subject(s) any number of times within a period of five (5) years after the first sitting.
11.2 Any candidate who does not pass all the papers within five (5) years after the initial sitting will have to re-take the entire examination, including continuous assessment and teaching practice.
11.3 Any candidate whose results read CRNM (Course requirement not met) must register for the missing subjects and CATS that led to award of a CRNM
11.4 Candidates whose results are cancelled and overall grade is given as ‘y’, are banned for THREE years from sitting the examination.
They will only be eligible to sit for any examination after the three year period.
12.0 Photograph specifications
12.1 Must be in colour (at least 24 bits per pixel).
12.2 The size of the photo should be 45mm by 35mm in JPEG format (jpg extension) or PNG format.
12.3 The photograph should not be compressed
12.4 Only digital photos will be accepted.
12.5 The image must contain the full face, neck, and shoulders of the applicant in frontal view with a neutral, non-smiling expression and with eyes open unobstructed and directed at the camera.
12.6 All facial features must be visible and unobstructed.
12.7 The image must be taken within 6 months of the submission date.
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