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The Kenya National Examinations Council (Knec) has released a list of requirements for registration of the 2021 Kenya Certificate of Primary Education (KCPE) candidates. A student must fulfill the mandatory requirements in order to be fully registered.

Knec Requirements for a 2021 KCPE candidate.

To be registered for the KCPE examinations, a candidate must submit the following:

A birth certificate,
Secondary school choices and
Registration fees (where applicable).
All Examination fees must be paid through any of the following banks:-
- Co-operative Bank.
- National Bank of Kenya.
- Equity Bank.
- Kenya Commercial Bank.
All Heads of institutions should ensure that KCPE 2021 candidates are registered where they have been learning in class seven (7).
All candidates registering for examination in prisons must have individual passport size photograph uploaded online.
All Heads of Institutions must ensure accuracy in the following when registering the candidates.
- Correct order of candidate’s names as per the birth certificate;
- Gender;
- Year of birth;
- Subjects entered;
- Information on different categories of candidates with special needs (ie Braille, Low Vision, deaf and physically challenged).

How to ensure that a KCPE 2021 candidate is fully registered

A candidate is considered duly registered for the KCPE examinations after fulfilling the following:

Candidate’s details are successfully uploaded onto the KCPE registration portal,
Entered correctly for the right RE paper (CRE, IRE or HRE),
Payment of fees where applicable (examination fees is not refundable or transferable to another candidate nor to another year).
Submission of all the candidates’ registration materials to KNEC.

STEP BY STEP GUIDE ON REGISTERING A NEW CANDIDATE

To register new candidates follow the easy steps below;

Visit the official KCSE registration portal by using the address; https://www.knec-portal.ac.ke/.
Log into the portal by enter the user name (school Knec code) and password. Then, click on ‘Login’.
Under the ‘Register Candidates’ Tab, click in the box indicated ‘Select’ so as to open more menu.
Next, select ‘Enter New Candidate (s)’ and click on ‘Continue’.
In the new window, in the ‘ENTER PREVIOUS EXAM DETAILS‘, choose the exam as either KCPE or Qualifying, enter the index number (as used in the previous examination) and year. Now, Click on ‘Find’.
The system will search for the candidate and display the candidate’s details; Candidate’s name, Gender and the Year of Birth.
Complete the candidate’s registration by capturing the details below:

Index Number; The last three digits only.
Entry Code: First Attempt (for those attempting KCSE for the first time), Repeater All Subjects (For those attempting KCSE for the second or third time) and Repeater Partial (For those taking only part of the subjects).
Status: Citizen or Non-Citizen,
Birth Certificate No,
Disability status of the candidate,
Upload the candidate’s passport photo (they should be 300 x 300 pixels)
Choose the subjects that the candidate is registering for.

Finally, click on ‘post’ to upload the candidate’s details. If successful, you will see the confirmation message.
Repeat this procedure until all the candidates have been registered.

EDITING DETAILS OF EXISTING CANDIDATES

You can edit details for existing candidates. This can be done by using the guide below;

Visit the official KCSE registration portal by using the address; https://www.knec-portal.ac.ke/.
Log into the portal by enter the user name (school Knec code) and password. Then, click on ‘Login’.
Under the ‘Register Candidates’ Tab, click in the box indicated ‘Select’ so as to open more menu.
Next, select ‘Edit Existing Candidate (s)’ and click on ‘Continue’.
In the new window, enter the last three digits of the index number for the candidate whose details you want to modify. This should be captured at the ‘ENTER CANDIDATE INDEX NUMBER’ box.
Then, click ‘Find’. The candidate’s details will be displayed. Make the desired corrections and select ‘Post’.

DELETING DETAILS OF EXISTING CANDIDATES

You may want to remove a candidate from the Knec database. The procedure of de-registering a candidate is as follows:

Visit the official KCSE registration portal by using the address; https://www.knec-portal.ac.ke/.
Log into the portal by enter the user name (school Knec code) and password. Then, click on ‘Login’.
Under the ‘Register Candidates’ Tab, click in the box indicated ‘Select’ so as to open more menu.
Next, select ‘Edit Existing Candidate (s)’ and click on ‘Continue’.
In the new window, enter the last three digits of the index number for the candidate whose details you want to modify. This should be captured at the ‘ENTER CANDIDATE INDEX NUMBER’ box.
Then, click ‘Find’. The candidate’s details will be displayed.
Scroll to the bottom of your screen and click on the ‘delete’ tab.
The portal will prompt you to confirm the action since it is irreversible. You will see this question; ‘Are you sure you want delete this?’ Click on ‘Ok’ to complete the process.

DOWNLOADING THE NOMINAL ROLLS.

Once you have completed capturing details for all candidates, you will be required to print the Nominal rolls that will be sent to Knec. To download and print the nominal rolls follow the guide below;

Visit the official KCSE registration portal by using the address; https://www.knec-portal.ac.ke/.
Log into the portal by enter the user name (school Knec code) and password. Then, click on ‘Login’.
Once logged in, you will see the ‘View reports’ menu. Next to ‘task’, click on ‘select’ to expand the menu.
Next, select the desired report (Master or Subject nominal roll). Then, click on ‘view’.
Give the system some few minutes to fully load the Nominal roll.
Click on the ‘export’ button, select the format that you want to use and the nominal roll will be automatically downloaded.
Locate the nominal roll in your downloads, open and print it.
Accordingly sign the printed nominal roll (s).

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