KNEC claims primary school teachers will oversee and monitor KJSEA.

KNEC claims primary school teachers will oversee and monitor KJSEA.

This year’s Kenya Junior School Education Assessment (KJSEA) will be administered by primary school teachers.

According to a statement released by the Kenya National Examinations Council (Knec), instructors will serve as supervisors, invigilators, and center managers for the KJSEA 2025, which begins in October.

Knec will employ a mixed learning strategy in which assessments will be supervised by both elementary and junior school teachers.

Near their job sites, the instructors will be assigned to junior schools.

With the help of their deputies, primary school head teachers who are also acting principals in junior schools will run the centers.

However Knec has not outlined how KJSEA contract professionals will be paid though they are likely to be paid same rate as their colleagues invigilating similar assessments.

The KJSEA candidates will start with rehearsals on 24th October. This will be followed by six day examinable theory papers and practicals.

Approximately four million candidates are expected to sit various assessments across the four levels i.e. KCSE, Kenya Primary School Education Assessment (KPSEA), and KJSEA and its special needs counterpart, the Kenya Pre-Vocational Level Education Assessment (KPLEA).

This year marks the first administration of KJSEA and KPLEA.

Yesterday Knec started second phase training of KJSEA examiners. These are teachers who will be used to mark and score the KJSEA.

The training started with Phase One in April, when 7,273 examiners were trained. By the end of this phase, on 12th August 2025, KNEC will have trained a total of 14,500 examiners.

“Together, they will be invited to score 2025 learners who will sit KJSEA in November this year. I wish to urge you to participate fully in this training. You will be the quality and standard setters, equipping examiners with the knowledge, skills and values needed to uphold the highest standards of integrity and fairness in education,” said CEO, Dr. David Njengere yesterday.

Knec invited shortlisted teachers for training on these examinable learning areas for a cost of sh. 10,500.

The KJSEA will have twelve examinable papers some of which have never been taught or tested before in this format.

Though Knec released KJSEA sample papers both teachers and learners alike are struggling to understand.

The papers are drawing particular concern—for their complexity, novelty, and the sheer number of learners set to sit the test.

Already Grade 9 learners completed selection of senior schools and subjects will do when they transition to Grade 10 in January 2026.

KCSE 2025 EXAM TIMETABLE FOR FORM FOUR STUDENTS
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KJSEA 2025 EXAM TIMETABLE FOR GRADE 6 LEARNERS
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KPSEA 2025 EXAM TIMETABLE FOR GRADE 6 LEARNERS
Download (pdf)

FIVE REASONS A CONTRACTED PROFESSIONAL CAN MISS KNEC PAYMENT

Contacted Professionals include teachers, drivers and security personnel. Teachers are contracted as Examiners, Centre Managers, Supervisors and Invigilators.

Knec has listed possible reasons why some missed payment and the way to go about it to get paid.

Reason 1
Name mismatch: The CP2 name and MPesa name of the phone number provided do not match.

Solution
Create a new CP2 account with a registered Safaricom (M-Pesa) number matching your ID details.

Reason 2
Missing ID number or TSC/PF number

Solution
Log in to the CP2 portal and update your details with the correct data.

Reason 3
Missing documentation (Attendance registers were not submitted or were submitted but lack official stamps and signatures).

Solution
Centre managers to download the attendance registers from the CP2 portal, verify the details, sign, stamp and submit them to the Sub-County Director of Education (SCDE), who will forward the updated documents to KNEC.

Reason 4
Contracted professionals who worked but were not deployed in the CP2 portal.

Solution
Contact your SCDE and register your query for onward submission to KNEC. Include the following: Year invigilated or supervised Exam invigilated or supervised Code of centre invigilated or supervised Name of officer Role in the exam/assessment centre, Safaricom M-pesa number that matches your ID details.

Reason 5
Slow response to KNEC requests for facilitation of data and/or late delivery of accurate and complete Contracted Professionals’ data.

Solution
KNEC processes complete and accurate data as it is received. Clean up your data and resend through the SCDE.

Knec revised upward the amount it pays its contracted professionals after protests from secondary school teachers.

Each invigilator and centre manager will get sh 550 per day as transport reimbursement while each supervisor will get sh 680 per day.

KPSEA SUPERVISORS
sh 680 per day for 3 days equals sh 2,040

KPSEA INVIGILATORS
sh 550 per day for 3 days equals sh 1,680

KJSEA SUPERVISORS
sh 680 per day for 3 days equals sh 2,040

KJSEA INVIGILATORS
sh 550 per day for 3 days equals sh 1,680

KCSE SUPERVISORS
sh 680 per day for 16 days equals sh 10,880

KCSE INVIGILATORS
sh 550 per day for 16 days equals sh 8,800

CENTRE MANAGERS
sh 550 per day for both KPSEA and KCSE

KNEC claims primary school teachers will oversee and monitor KJSEA.