THE KENYA NATIONAL EXAMINATIONS COUNCIL ‘Transforming Liver Throngh Qvaty Assessment and Cree Certaion” Eton! Api crane sl tres src 180 9012015 Cried REF: KNEC/EA/EM/KCSE/CIR/PROJECT/2024/001 5° February, 2024 To: i) All County Directors of Education i) um) All Principals of Secondary Schools presenting candidates for the 2024 KCSE examination All Principals of Secondary Schools hosting the 2024 KCSE examination private candidates ADVANCE INSTRUCTIONS FOR CONDUCT OF THE 2024 KCSE EXAMINATION PROJECTS AND PRACTICALS. FOR GROUP IV AND V SUBJECTS ‘Adminstration of the 2024 KCSE examination wil commence with the following Projets and Practical papers forthe Group IV and V subjects as flows: (@) Projects; Art & Design (42/3), Agriculture (43/3), Woodwork (44/2), Metalwork (445/2), Building Construction (446/2) and Computer Studies (451/3); (©) Practice papers; French (5011/3), German (502/3), Arabic (503/3), Kenyan Sign Language (504/3) and Music (511/1). In this regard, the Kenya National Examinations Council (KNEC) hereby issues the following Instructions to guide conduct of the Project and Practical: 1.0 The 2024 KCSE Examination Projects: 1a 12 13 14 4s Al Projects and related advance Instructions for KCSE examination subjects with a Project component have been posted on the KNEC KCSE projects portal for access by schools as timetabled, through the KNEC website wom hnec.2cke; Al Principals andor County Directors of Education (inthe ease of private candidates) ill access the Instructions by logging onto the KNEC webste waviknec-portal.acke ‘and dlcking on 2024 Projec/Practical button to download all the instructions related to the subjects the candidates are registered for, “The Prncipal/Subject teacher or County Director of Education (fr private candidates) will access the instructions by logging into the KNEC Project/Praticl portal using the User Cade and Password fr the examination centre; [A User Manuals avaliable on the KNEC projects portal to guide on lagging into the projects’ portal; downloading the advance instructions; keying in candidates’ scores; ‘uploading photographic evidence; downloading; and printing reports on the Milestones. ‘The Projects’ assessment will have two (02) key Milestones: Milestone T and Milestone 11, which must be uploaded by within the specified timelines as given below:16 uw 18 19 1.0 Lat 2.0 The 2024 KCSE Examination Oral, Aural and Practical 2a 22 23 DEADLINE FOR | DEADLINE FOR aren | susvecr/eroxect | moxoone | UPLOADING aussronex | esrone ar RE SREDR ID | a ie ‘Art and Design 3D_ 3-5 July 2024 aaa — rare SE Ma aE — [3-Day 224 “77 — | Weodror Sha at [3920 ‘e577 — [eta airman aE agit — [ul Cmamoton [a1 Mach aat [3° 220 3 — [emp Ss [31° [uy a8 [At the end of each Milestone, the Subject Teachers will Key nthe candidates’ scores and upload the pictorial evidence on the Project portal. The pictorial evidence should be a group photograph of the candidates at thelr workstations in either Graphic Interface Format (.gf) or JPEG (jpg) format. “The project poral wl only be accessible for keying in of scores and uploading of Pictorial evidence for a period of one month prior tothe deadline(s). It's the responsibilty ofthe COEs (or private candidates) or Pricpalsto ensure the project work is done by the candidates and the candidates’ scores are keyed In and Uploaded within the specie timetines flue to which: 18. A penalty fee of five hundred shillings (Kshs. 500.00) per candidate shal be charged for failure to upload within the spected timelines; 1.8.2 KNEC shall institute punitive measure, Including (but not imted to), pending ofthe candidates’ results and/or deregistration ofthe Insitutions from being KNEC examination centre, KNEC will lsely monitor the project progress and authenticty ofthe scores for al the candidates registered forthe year 2024 KCSE Project/Practical examination ‘The school and individual candidates will be expected to compile and maintain 2 portfolio (fie) of evidence on the progress ofthe Project work 10 be presented for ‘assessment and monitoring, [tis important forall CDES (for private candidates), Pincpals, SJbject teachers and Candidates to note that all documents relating to assessmert and conduct of ‘examinations are confidential and must be handled as such, at all times. pers: ‘The advance instructions for Art and Desion (442/2) and Computer Studies (4531/2) practical papers wil be uploaded on the schoo’ Project portal by September, 2024 to enable schools prepare the required materials in good time forthe examination. Keying in and uploading of candidates’ scores for KCSE examination papers with Oral, ‘Aural and Practical components for French (50/3), German (502/3), Arabic (503/3), Kenyan Sign Language (504/3) and Music (514/31) wll be done by the assessors, after assessment of the candidates, on the examination day as per the assessment timetable, Keying in and uploading of Home Science practical (41/3) candidates’ scores willbe done by the subject teachers after the assessment of the candidates on the‘examination day as per the assessment timetable 3.0 Evidence of Uploaded Scores ‘All Principals/Subject teachers or CDES (for private candidates) are expecsed to dawnload the candidates’ scores report (in POF format), print 2 hard copy ofthe upload scores for each milestone and maintain it a evidence. Ths is applicable to the subjects with a project ‘and Home Science (41/3) practicals only. 4.0 Host Centres for Private candidates (CDES with private candidates registered for subjects with a projec/pracical component are requested to iden the schools that will hst the private candidates forthe project/practcal work and inform KNEC in wing Please bring this information to all the relevant persons involved and ensure compliance to the ‘uldelines for effective administration ofthe projects and practical. Ne Dr. David Njengere, MBS Kves ‘The Principal Secretary, State Department of Basic Education, MoE ‘The Director General, MoE ‘The Director, Quality Assurance and Standards, MoE The Director, Secondary, MoE A Regional Directors of Education, MoE |AITSC Regional Directors AAITSC County Directors