KCSE to be Released Today;How to Check the Results.

Candidates who sat for the exam can check their results using three ways:

1.Using KNEC SMS code 20076

2.Using an online KNEC portal

3.Visiting respective school

1.Using KNEC SMS code 20076

You can check KCSE class of 2021 results by sending an SMS together with the Index Number followed by the initials KCSE to 20076 from Safaricom, Airtel or Telcom. SMS costs Ksh. 25 across all networks.Send the SMS in the Format: IndexNumberKCSE. Do not leave a space between Index number and KCSE; Also write KCSE in Capital letters.

Go to Messages on your phone

1. Input your index number

2.Send to SMS code 20076

You will receive your results confirmation message

3.Using an online KNEC portal

To use this method to check 2021/2022 results you only need to remember your index number and access your mobile phone or computer

Here is the procedure:

a) Visit the Official KNEC website (knec.ac.ke)

b) Check for the KCSE Results tab, click on it

Select the year you sat for the Exams

C) Enter your Index number.

d) Finally click the Submit button.

Your KCSE results should show on the screen after a while.

4.Visiting former Secondary School

Finally, candidates can check their KCSE 2021/2022 results by visiting their former schools a day after the official release of the examination this week

Downloading full School’s Results

Download the full centre’s results, after they have been announced, at: http://www.knec-portal.ac.ke

The Kenya National Examinations Council (KNEC) wishes to bring the following information to the attention of all institutions who presented candidates for the KNEC examinations:

Examination Results Slips and Printouts

Each of the institutions that enter candidates for the KNEC examinations shall receive a hard copy of the institution’s examination results printout and result slips which captures the following information:

1. Institution’s Code and Name

This appears on the top left side of the printout. The institution’s code is a unique number by which an examination centre is identified by the Council. This is the number that an institution should always quote whenever communicating with KNEC.

2. Candidates Details

Below the institution’s name and code are details of the candidates. These details include the index number of the candidate, year of examination, gender, individual subject grades and the mean grade.

The important features of the examination results are as indicated below:-

X – denotes an absent candidate. A candidate is declared absent if he/she did not sit for one or all papers in the examination. However, for the KCPE examination results, the symbol AB indicates an absence;

Y- denotes that the candidate was involved in an examination irregularity. For the KCSE examination results, the symbol 00 indicates an irregularity;

P- denotes that the candidate’s examination results have been pended due to infringement on the entry requirements for the examination e.g. incorrect KCSE details for entry in KCSE examination;

W- denotes that the candidate’s examination results have been withheld on suspicion that the candidate has been involved in an examination malpractice and investigations are ongoing;

U- denotes ungraded examination results due to infringement of the awards criteria.

Mean Grade Award Descriptions

Mean grade will be X, if a candidate is absent in all subjects

Mean grade will be Y , if one or more subjects are cancelled.

Mean grade will be P, if results are pended

Mean grade will be W, if the examination results are withheld.

The details of pended, withheld and irregularities are communicated to the institution through the Sub County Director of Education at the time of release of the examination results and are received by the institutions at the same time with the examination results.

Once certificates for a specific examination are ready for collection/dispatch from KNEC, the institutions shall be informed through the mass and print media, Sub County Directors of Education and/or the heads of institutions.