Nursery school teachers will be used in the administration of the Kenya Primary School Education Assessment (KPSEA).

The ECDE teachers will assist primary school teachers in working as invigilators in the Grade 6 KPSEA 2025 that will take three days.

This was revealed by TSC Curriculum Support Officers (CSOs) who are currently selecting teachers to be used as invigilators and supervisors.

However only those currently serving and employed by County governments will be taken.

The teachers have previously been used to assist in invigilating KCPE and KPSEA exams and assessments.

KPSEA will have five examinable papers i.e Mathematics, English, Kiswahili, Integrated Science and Social Studies and Creative Arts.

It will start on 27th October to 29th October 2025 but there will be one day for rehearsal on 24th October.

After selection teachers will be required to login on the Knec CP2 portal and download deployment letters which shows duties and responsibilities.

Details required during selection exercise include; Teachers name and current school, TSC number, KRA pin number, ID number and phone number.

In this years exams and assessments, Knec has introduced a raft of new changes affecting how they will be administered.

The Council has barred secondary school teachers from invigilating KCSE exams. Instead Knec has ordered primary school teachers to be used as invigilators.

Secondary school teachers will however be the ones to work as supervisors in the exams which start on 27th October.

Knec has also directed that primary school teachers not to be used as supervisors in the upcoming Grade 9 KJSEA.

The teachers will only be used as invigilators. Knec says these changes will address the issue of conflict of interest which is blamed for fueling exam irregularities.

“Supervisors and Invigilators should not be deployed to Centres that they have vested interest,” read the circular.

Knec also ordered that no supervisor or invigilator should be deployed in a school they have served in the last three years.

Teachers will be required to declare interest in the Examination Centre they are posted to through a declaration form by to be issued by Knec.

Secondary school teachers are the ones who will also be used as supervisors in the 2025 KJSEA.

Primary school teachers will only supervise the Grade 6 KPSEA 2025 assessments.

Below is a circular that guide how this years exams and assessments will be managed.

TEACHERS SERVICE COMMISSION

2nd SEPTEMBER, 2025

:TSC/ADM/192A/VOL.X/61

CIRCULAR NO: 17/2025

TO: TSC SUB COUNTY DIRECTORS

NOMINATION OF THE CENTRE MANAGERS, SUPERVSORS AND INVIGILATORS WHO WILL BE INVOLVED IN THE ADMINISTRATION AND MANAGEMENT OF THE 2025 NATIONAL EXAMINATIONS AND KPSEA SUMMATIVE ASSESSMENT

The Kenya National Examinations Council (KNEC) will administer 2025 KCSE, KJSEA, KPLEA, KPSEA and KILEA Examinations and Assessments during the months of October and November.

These Examinations and Assessments are scheduled to start on 21st October and end on 21st November 2025.

The table below highlights when the Examination and Assessments will be undertaken:

Examination	Rehearsal Date	Start Date	End Date
Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE)	17th October, 2025	21st October, 2025	21st November, 2025
Kenya Junior School Education Assessment (KJSEA)	24th October, 2025	27th October, 2025	3rd November, 2025
Kenya Pre-Vocational Learners Education Assessment (KPLEA)	24th October, 2025	27th October, 2025	30th October, 2025
Kenya Primary School Education Assessment (KPSEA)	24th October, 2025	27th October, 2025	29th October, 2025
Kenya Intermediate Learners Education Assessment (KILEA)	25th October, 2025	28th October, 2025	30th October, 2025

In preparation for the administration of these Examination and Assessments, the Kenya National Examinations Council (KNEC) would wish to have for the details of all Heads of Institutions (HOIs) and Teachers who will be appointed and engaged in the activity as Centre Managers, Supervisors and Invigilators.

In this regard, you are requested to identify, vet and nominate Centre Managers, Supervisors and Invigilators who will be engaged in the administration of these Examination and Assessments.

After identification, vetting and nomination, you are expected to deploy these personnel into the CP2 system by 26th September 2025, through the following link/URL: https://cp2.knec.ac.ke.

You are expected to ensure adherence of the following instructions during recruitment and deployment:

3.1 Heads of Institutions (HOIs) and Teachers to be deployed must be qualified, employed and registered by the TSC.

The personnel nominated and deployed should be of high integrity and not easily compromised;

3.2 The identified Centre Managers, Supervisors and Invigilators must register in the CP2 system for them to be deployed to manage the 2025 national examination and assessments;

3.3 No supervisor or invigilator will be deployed in a school they have served in the last three (3) years. The CP2 system has been configured to this effect.

3.4 Supervisors and Invigilators should not be deployed to Centres that they have vested interest.

They will be required to declare interest in the Examination Centre they are posted to.

To this end KNEC will email the declaration form to the Sub County Directors who will share with all Centre Managers.

They will in turn be expected to print and give to the Supervisors and Invigilators to declare interest.

Supervisors and Invigilators confirmed to have interest in the Centres they are posted to should be redeployed to different Centres.

The Centre Managers, who should also declare interest, will then submit the forms to KNEC together with the attendance register;

3.5 Centre Managers will be required to verify the Supervisors and Invigilators posted to their Centres by confirming their details and workstations.

They shall thereafter be required to take daily online attendance in the CP2 system right from the rehearsal day.

The online attendance registers will be downloaded and printed at the end of each examination or assessment period.

They shall be signed by all the officers involved , stamped by the Centre Manager and the SCDE for submission to KNEC;

3.6 Teachers for Stage-Based Pathway shall invigilate their own learners. For every ten (10) Leaners, there should be one (1) Invigilator.

These Invigilators will also be required to sign declaration forms. There shall be no Supervisor or Centre Manager deployed for KILEA and KPLEA Centres.