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2023 KNEC Examination Fees For KCSE & KCPE Candidates
All Heads of institutions and SCDEs are expected to adhere to the Regulations and User Guides for the Management of KCPE and KCSE examinations and in particular, note the following:
- The Government of Kenya through the Ministry of Education (MoE) shall pay examination fees for all candidates in public and private schools except for the following categories of candidates:
- candidates who are re-sitting/repeating the examinations;
- Non-Citizens (Non Kenyans);
- Private candidates registering in the Sub County Private Examination Centers;
- Candidates in
The summary of examination fees is as follows:
| Description / Examination | KCPE | KCSE | ||
| Number of Subjects | 5 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
| Total.fees (Kes) | 800 | 5,000 | 5,400 | 5,800 |
Table 1: Examination Fees for KCPE and KCSE examinations (Regular and Private candidates) registering.for the entire examination:
| Description / Examination | KCPE | KCSE | ||
| Number of Subjects | 5 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
| Total.fees (Kes) | 800 | 5,000 | 5,400 | 5,800 |
Table 2: Examination Fees for KCSE examination candidates Re-sitting (repeaters)
| Number o[ Subjects | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
| Total fees (Kes) | 3,100 | 3,500 | 3,900 | 4,300 | 4,700 | 5,100 | 5,500 | 5,900 | 6,300 |
- The KCSE Qualifying Test registration fee is 3,000.00 (three thousand) per candidate.
- All private candidates will be expected to pay their examination fees directly into the KNEC fees collection account. The fees should be deposited in the respective KNEC examination fees collection accounts in either National Bank, Kenya Commercial Bank, Co-operative Bank or Equity Bank.
- The deposit slips should be submitted to the SCDEs who shall forward to KNEC together with other registration documents.
