KNEC Instructions for Registration of candidates for 2020 Teacher Certificate in Adult Education, TCAE, exams

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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.

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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).

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	1^st August to 15^th October, 2019	March 2020
Special Needs Education (SNE) Part I and II	Regular Students and Repeaters	1^st August 15^th November, 2019	April 2020
Teacher Certificate in Adult Education (TCAE)	Regular Students and Repeaters	1^st September to 15^th October, 2019	July 2020
Primary Teacher Education (PTE)	Regular Students and Repeaters	1^st September 15^th October, 2019	July 2020
ECDE Proficiency, Certificate and Diploma	Regular Students and Repeaters	1^st August to 15^th 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.

3.0 REGULATIONS FOR REGISTRATION OF TEACHER CERTIFICATE IN ADULT EDUCATION (TCAE) EXAMINATION

3.1 All Sub County Adult Education Officers must ensure that the candidates entered for the examination are all bona-fide residents of Kenya who meet the examination entry requirements. The Sub County Adult Education Officers are accountable for the registration of candidates in their sub county and should work closely with the administrators of the HOST TCAE examination centre in their region.

3.2 This examination is administered to eligible candidates within Kenya by the Directorate of Adult and Continuing Education, in the Ministry of Education on behalf of Kenya National Examinations Council and in conformity with the Council’s regulations for the conduct of public examinations.

3.3 To qualify for registration as a candidate, one must be registered through the Directorate of Adult and Continuing Education through the Sub County Adult Education Officer.

3.4 Extra Extra-territorial candidates who hold certificates from foreign
examining boards that are equivalent to the prescribed minimum entry requirement will be eligible to sit for TCAE examinations.
Before registration for the examination, such candidates should seek equation of their qualifications from the Council.

3.5 The minimum entry qualification for the Teachers Certificate in Adult Education course is the Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education with a mean grade of D+ (Plus) for Teacher 1 and D (plain) for Teacher 2 or its equivalent.

3.6 Teaching Practice
All TCAE Candidates must take and pass Teaching Practice to qualify for TCAE certificate. The Teaching Practice Marks are to be uploaded into the KNEC website; https://registration.knec.ac.ke/online-tcae by the assessors at the Sub County/examination centre.

3.7 Teacher Certificate in Adult Education Examination Fees

Candidates are expected to pay for the examinations as per the schedule shown in the table 3 below;

TABLE 3: TCAE EXAMINATION FEE CHARGES

TYPES OF FEE PAYMENT	TOTAL AMOUNT- KSh.
Basic fee	750
Fee Per Subject	450
Search Fee Per Candidate	450
Teaching Practice Fee	450
Total Examination Fees For Regular Candidates	3,000
Total Examination Fees For Candidates Repeating one (1) Subject	1,650
Total Examination Fees For Candidates Repeating two (2) Subjects	2,100

3.8 Referrals:

Candidates who are referred in a subject (s) can register to re-sit TCAE examination at their former TCAE examination centres. Candidates who are repeating TCAE examination should be registered using the repeaters option in the online-dte

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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.