Kenya Junior Secondary Education Assessment (KJSEA) and KCSE examiners are set to undergo training between March and April on how to mark exam papers.
A notice by Knec says shortlisted applicants will be required to pay a training fee of Sh10,500 and will be notified of the payment process via a text message or the application portal.
“The training will be a blend of online and residential. Shortlisted trainees will be directed on how to access the online training materials,” Knec says.
It says the venue for the residential training will be communicated to the qualified trainees later.
“Qualified examiners will thereafter be engaged by Knec to mark KJSEA and KCSE examinations using the criteria for recruitment of examiners based on the personnel needs for each paper,” Knec says.
The interested KJSEA tutors are invited to apply for English, Kiswahili, mathematics, Kenyan sign language, integrated science and agriculture papers.
Social studies, Christian Religious Education, Islamic Religious Education, creative arts and sports, and pre-technical studies papers are also in the list.
Interested KCSE tutors are also invited to apply for Kiswahili (Insha, Lugha, and Fasihi), mathematics, Islamic religious education, home science, computer studies, French, German and Arabic papers.
An applicant is required to be a practicing teacher in the subjects covered in the exam, be registered with the Teachers Service Commission (TSC) or the Public Service Commission (PSC) and possess a diploma in education or above.
The applicant should also have at least three years of teaching experience, not be facing disciplinary action from the TSC or the employer, be recommended by their Head of Institution and be under fifty years old.
Knec encouraged tutors from teachers' training colleges and Technical and Vocational Training (Tvet) institutions to apply for computer studies, art, music, home science, woodwork, metalwork and building and construction papers for KJSEA.
For the application procedure, Njengere instructed tutors to access the Knec portal and urged those with CP2 accounts to log in to the portal using their usernames and passwords.
Applicants who forgot their CP2 passwords have been instructed to reset their passwords through their mobile numbers and obtain new passwords for logging in to the system.
Applicants who lacked CP2 accounts have been advised to create new accounts and follow the procedures to acquire login credentials to access the system.
After successfully logging in, the applicants were then expected to complete their personal profile and save the details, apply for training in the dashboard section and the declared vacancies would be made available for the tutors to choose.
“The training slots are limited,
and only qualified teachers or tutors who have presented all the required
documents will be shortlisted on a first-come-first-serve basis,” Njengere
concluded.
