The Kenya National Examination Council on Friday, January 31, 2025, issued guidelines to parents, students and heads of institutions on how to register for the 2025 Kenya Primary School Education Assessment (KPSEA) and Kenya Intermediate Level Education Assessment (KILEA) exams.
In the notice, KNEC Chief Executive Officer David Njengere informed students and other relevant stakeholders that the registration exercise would close on February 28, 2025, having kicked off on January 27, 2025.
According to KNEC, heads of institutions with learners following the regular pathway will be expected to register their Grade 6 students for KPSEA afresh through its online registration portal.
Regular path guidelines
The examination council further stated that candidates presented for the assessment should be eligible learners in the respective institutions presenting them.
“Registration of ghost candidates constitutes an assessment malpractice, which attracts sanctions, including de-registration of the school as a KNEC assessment centre,” the notice read in part.
“Correction of candidates’ biodata must be effected during registration (where applicable), to ensure accuracy of the data submitted, including the following: Correct spelling and order of learners’ names as documented in their birth certificates, gender, year of birth and citizenship,” KNEC added.
The examination council further directed that the transfer of candidates must be concluded before the closure of the registration portal on February 28, 2025.
“Eligible KPSEA candidates who are not registered in the Grade 6 portal must be registered in the Grade 6 portal first, to be assigned an Assessment Number. Learners without an Assessment Number will not be able to register for KPSEA, since the number will be mandatory. Upon successful assignment of the Assessment Number in the Grade 6 portal, the Heads of Institutions will be enabled to register the candidates,” KNEC explained.
” Head of institutions must confirm from their school portals that the School Based Assessment (SBA) scores for Grades 4 and 5 are uploaded, for all candidates registered for KPSEA,” the notice added.
Stage-Based pathway
According to KNEC, the identification of learners following the stage-based pathway who are to be registered for KILEA will be guided by the teachers handling the learners, upon confirmation of the learners’ readiness to sit for the Assessment.
The institutions will register the learners through the KILEA Registration portal.
KNEC made it clear that the government will pay assessment fees for all learners in public and private schools.
However, candidates who are non-citizens would be required to pay Ksh750 for the assessment through the E-citizen platform, KNEC maintained.
“In line with the provisions of Sections 25, 26 and 29 of the Data Protection Act of 2019, all Centre Managers are requested to ensure that parents/guardians of the KPSEA candidates consent to the collection of personal data of their learners, inform them that the data collected will be solely used for the purpose of conducting the Assessment and that KNEC will adhere to all the regulations and requirements for data protection.
“The candidates will sign the Nominal Rolls and other accountability documents after confirming the accuracy of the data.”
UPDATE ON 2025 KPSEA/KILEA REGISTRATION. For more information, see the circular on our website, https://t.co/0nWcPpCJul pic.twitter.com/xNiFq6u6Gd
— The Kenya National Examinations Council (KNEC) (@KNECKenya) January 31, 2025
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