2014 KCPE Timetable

 

THE 2014 KCPE EXAMINATION TIMETABLE & INSTRUCTIONS 

THE KENYA NATIONAL EXAMINATIONS COUNCIL

 

THE 2014KCPE EXAMINATION TIMETABLE & INSTRUCTIONS

1.0  TIMINGS OF PAPERS IN THE 2014KCPE EXAMINATION AND INSTRUCTIONS  TO SUPERVISORS AND INVIGILATORS
The time allowed for each paper is the one indicated against the name of the paper and it is inclusive of reading the instructions.
Visually  challenged  candidates  will NOT be  given  extra  time  other  than  what  is  stated  on  their  respective  papers which  is  30
minutes more than for the other candidates. Supervisors and Invigilators should verify that the candidates have written their
correct names, index numbers and shaded them as required.

2.0  DURATION/PERIOD, DATES AND TIMING OF 2014KCPE EXAMINATION PAPERS

MONDAY--- REHEARSAL DAY
03.11.2014

DAY 1
TUESDAY
04.11.2014
8.30 am −10.30 am   Mathematics  2 hours
8.30 am −10.30 am   Mathematics (Large Print)  2 hours
8.30 am –11.00 am    Mathematics (Braille)  2 hrs 30 mins
11.00 am –11.30 am  BREAK  30 minutes
11.30 am −1.10 pm   English Section A -Language A  1 hr 40 mins
11.30 am −1.10 pm    English Section A -Language A (Large Print)  1 hr 40 mins
11.30 am −1.30 pm  English Section A (Hearing Impaired)  2 hours
11.30am −1.40 pm    English Section A (Braille)  2 hrs 10 mins
1.40 pm –2.30 pm  BREAK  50 minutes
2.30 pm −  3.10pm    English Section B −Composition  40 minutes
2.30 pm −  3.10pm    English Section B –Composition (Large Print)  40 minutes
2.30 pm –  3.20pm    English B −Composition (Hearing Impaired)  50 minutes
2.30 pm –  3.20 pm    English B –Composition (Braille)  50 minutes


DAY 2
WEDNESDAY
05.11.2014
8.30 am –10.10 am    Science  1 hr 40 mins
8.30 am –10.10 am    Science (Large Print)  1 hr 40 mins
8.30 am –10.40 am  Science Braille    2 hrs 10 mins
10.40 am –11.10 am  BREAK  30 minutes
11.10 am – 12.50pm    Kiswahili Lugha    1 hr 40 mins
11.10 am –12.50pm    Kiswahili Lugha (Large Print)    1 hr 40 mins
11.10 am – 12.50pm    Kenyan Sign Language    1 hr 40 mins
11.10 am –1.20 pm    Kiswahili Lugha (Braille)     2 hrs 10 mins
1.20pm –2.10 pm   BREAK  50 minutes
2.10 pm –  2.50pm    Kiswahili Insha  40 minutes
2.10 pm –  2.50pm    Kiswahili Insha (Large Print)  40 minutes
2.10 pm –  2.50pm    Kenyan Sign Language Composition   40 minutes

2.10 pm –3.00 pm    Kiswahili Insha (Braille)  50 minutes


DAY 3
THURSDAY
06.11.20148.30 am –10.45 am   Social Studies and R.E   2 hrs 15 mins
8.30 am –10.45 am   Social Studies and R.E (Large Print)  2 hrs 15 mins
8.30 am –11.15 am  25  Social Studies & RE (Braille)  2hrs45 mins

3.0  NOTE:
3.1  Only one of the papers bracketed together to be taken.
3.2  The Kenyan Sign Language papers should be taken only by candidates with Hearing Impairment (HI).

THE 2014 KCPE EXAMINATION TIMETABLE & INSTRUCTIONS

4.0  INSTRUCTIONSANDGUIDELINES TO SUPERVISORS, TEACHERS AND CANDIDATES

4.1  INSTRUCTIONS TO SUPERVISORS AND INVIGILATORS
Supervisors and invigilators should call the attention of candidates to the Instructions/Guidelinesand adhere to them. They should
also ensurethatthey have written their correct names, index numbers and shaded correctly.

4.2  INSTRUCTIONS TO THE TEACHERS
TEACHERS are advised to ensure that candidates clearly understand the instructions given below and are aware of the penalties
for examination irregularities or misconduct. Candidates are required to follow theseinstructions carefully.

4.3  INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES
4.3.1  Avail yourself for frisking outside the examination room and be seated at your desk/table 15 minutes before the time fixed
for the paper. Morning sessions will start at 8.30 a.m.
4.3.2  A  candidate  who  arrives  late  will  be  required  to  give  a  satisfactory  reason  to  the  Supervisor.  Only in exceptional
circumstances will a paper be given to any candidate who is more than half an hour late. Punctuality should be observed
for all papers.
4.3.3  As soon as notice is given to stop, check to ensure that your name and index number have been written and crossed
correctly on the answer sheet.
4.3.4  Check to ensure that each page of your question paper is printed.
4.3.5  Withdrawal from the examination should have been notified to the KNEC before 15th May 2014.

4.4  CAUTION TO THE CANDIDATES
4.4.1  You are not allowed to leave the examination room before the end of the period allocated to the paper except with special
permission  from  the  Supervisor. NO  CANDIDATE  SO  PERMITTED  TO  LEAVE  MAY  TAKE  A  QUESTION  PAPER  OR ANSWER SHEET/SCRIPTOUT OF THE EXAMINATION ROOM.
4.4.2  Do not leave a sheet of paper you have written on or your answers in such a position that another candidate can read them.
You should not give or obtain unfair assistance, or attempt to do so, whether by copying or in any other way, and your work should not show proof of such unfair assistance.
4.4.3  No communication whatsoever in whatever manner between candidates or with outsiders is allowed during the examination.
4.4.4  You are not allowed to have in your possession or in your proximity while in the examination room, any book, notes, papers or any other materials whatsoever except the correct question papers and any materials expressly authorized by the Kenya National Examinations Council.
4.4.5  You must return immediately to the Supervisor any question paper that has smudges,has errors or is badly printed.
4.4.6  You must not take any used or unused writing paper out of the examination room. Any rough work must be done on the official question paper, if not to be submitted with the answers, must be left on the desk to be collected by the Supervisor and destroyed.
4.4.7  Any misconduct or causing of disturbance in or near the examination room will be treated as an examination irregularity.
4.4.8  Note that cell phones or any other electronic communication device are prohibited in examination centres. Any candidate caught in possession of a cell phone/any other electronic communication device will have his/her results cancelled.

4.5   PENALTY FOR EXAMINATION IRREGULARITIES
4.5.1  The KNEC Act 2012rules and regulations, offenses and penalties stated in sections 27 to 40for cases of examination
irregularities will apply. Some of the highlights in these sections state that:
4.5.1.1  A candidate who commits an examination irregularity in any paper will have the results for the WHOLE SUBJECT
cancelled. Such a candidate will not be entitled to a result for the subject. This will be reflected as (00).
4.5.1.2  If  there  is  evidence  of  wide-spread  irregularities  in  any examination centre,  the  examination  results  for  the  whole
centre will be cancelled.
4.5.1.3  Any person who:-
a)  gains  access  to  examination  material  and  knowingly  reveals  the  contents,  whether  orally  or  in  writing,  to  anunauthorized party, whether a candidate or not,will be in violation of section 27 of the Act and the penalty will beimprisonment for a term not exceeding ten years, or a fine not exceeding two million shillings or both;
b)  willfully  and  maliciously  damages  examination  material  will be  in violation  of section  30and the penalty will be imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years or a fine not exceeding five million shillings or both;
c)  is not registered to take a KNEC examination but, with intent to impersonate, presents or attempts to present himself to  take  the  part  of  an  enrolled  candidate,  shall  be  guilty  of  an  offense  and  liable  to  imprisonment  for  a  term  not exceeding one  yearor a fine not exceeding two  million  shillings or both and shall be prohibited from taking an examination conducted by or on behalf of the Council for a period of three years.
4.5.2  Please ensure that you do not commit any examination irregularity to avoid having your results cancelled.

From: COUNCIL SECRETARY/CHIEF EXECUTIVE