Government and Policy

Teachers To Attend KNEC Briefing Sessions, Sets New Deployment Rules

BY Getrude Mathayo · September 30, 2025 12:09 pm

The Kenya National Examinations Council (KNEC) has announced plans to roll out a series of sensitization and training programs targeting teachers and other personnel who will be contracted to administer this year’s national examinations and assessments.

According to KNEC, the sensitization exercise will ensure that all contracted officers clearly understand their roles, responsibilities, and the strict rules governing the conduct of the 2025 exams.

The sessions, which will be coordinated jointly by KNEC and the Teachers Service Commission (TSC), are expected to take place across sub-counties and zones, where teachers will gather for official briefings.

The exercise will commence once TSC Sub-County Directors finalize the teacher deployment process and distribute KNEC deployment letters to the selected personnel. Already, KNEC has completed the first phase of preparations by briefing key education stakeholders, including TSC Sub-County Directors, who play a critical role in assigning teachers to examination centres.

This year, KNEC has introduced strict deployment guidelines that all TSC officials must follow. Only teachers who are duly registered and employed by the Teachers Service Commission will be eligible for deployment. In addition, to enhance transparency and minimize cases of collusion, no teacher will be allowed to serve in the same school where they have worked within the past three years.

In the 2025 calendar, learners will be sitting for various examinations and assessments, including the Kenya Primary School Education Assessment (KPSEA), the Kenya Junior School Education Assessment (KJSEA), the Kenya Pre-Primary Learners Education Assessment (KPLEA), the Kenya Integrated Learners Education Assessment (KILEA), and the Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE). Each of these exams will have specific rules regarding supervision and invigilation.

KNEC has directed that only primary school teachers will serve as invigilators during the 2025 KCSE exams, while secondary school teachers will take up the role of supervisors. In a significant policy change, the Council has also announced that KCSE supervisors will be rotated weekly.

This measure, according to KNEC, is aimed at curbing rampant exam malpractices such as cheating, leakage of examination materials, and unauthorized assistance to candidates.

For the KJSEA examinations, junior school teachers will primarily work as supervisors. They will be assisted by primary school teachers, who will serve in dual roles as both supervisors and invigilators.

Similarly, each KPSEA and KJSEA exam centre will have one designated supervisor supported by invigilators, except in cases where a centre has more than 200 candidates, in which case more supervisors will be allocated.

Primary school teachers will take full responsibility for supervising the KPSEA examinations. In addition, they will serve as invigilators, assisted by junior school teachers, to ensure smooth and credible administration of the assessments.

As part of the preparations, KNEC has also announced the reactivation of the Contracted Professionals (CP2) online portal starting Thursday, September 26. Through this platform, teachers will be required to create CP2 accounts, log in, and download their deployment letters.

These letters will contain details of their specific roles, whether as invigilators, supervisors, or centre managers, along with the official instructions and guidelines they must follow.

KNEC emphasized that strict adherence to these new measures will be enforced as the country prepares for the national exams set to begin in October. By strengthening training, deployment, and monitoring processes, the Council hopes to deliver credible examinations while safeguarding the integrity of Kenya’s education system.