By Amoto Ndiewo
Kenya National Examination Council (KNEC) has advertised 4,200 training chances for teachers who would like to be examiners of Kenya Certificate of Primary Education (KCPE) and Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE).
Slots for Kiswahili (Insha) and English (composition) are the highest at 450 and 400 respectively. English Functional skills in KCSE will have 350 new faces.
A circular released by KNEC indicates that the training cost of each subject is Shs 10,500 and the training period is 7 days. The training will start on 27th September 2021
The following slots will be allotted per subject for training:
| Exam | Paper code | Paper name | Number of vacancies | Training fees | Training period |
| KCPE | 901/1 | INSHA | 300 | Sh10,500 | Seven days |
| KCPE | 902/1 | ENGLISH COMPOSITION | 400 | SH10,500 | Seven days |
| KCSE | 101/1 | FUNCTIONAL ENGLISH SKILLS | 350 | SH10,500 | Seven days |
| KCSE | 101/2 | ENGLISH COMPREHENSION –LITERACY APRECIATION AND GRAMMER | 100 | SH10,500 | Seven days |
| KCSE | 102/1 | KISWAHILI INSHA | 450 | SH10,500 | Seven days |
| KCSE | 102/2 | KISW(LUGHA) | 350 | SH10,500 | Seven days |
| KCSE | 231/1 | BIOLOGY PAPER 1 | 260 | SH10,500 | Seven days |
| KCSE | 231/2 | BIOLOGY PAPER 2 | 140 | SH10,500 | Seven days |
| KCSE | 231/3 | BIOLOGY PAPER 3 PRACTICAL | 340 | SH10,500 | Seven days |
| KCSE | 233/2 | CHEMISTY PRACTICAL | 250 | SH10,500 | Seven days |
| KCSE | 311/1 | HISTORY AND GOVT PAPER 1 | 70 | SH10,500 | Seven days |
| KCSE | 311/2 | HISTORY &GOVT PAPER 2 | 120 | Sh10,500 | Seven days |
| KCSE | 313/1 | CRE PAPER 1 | 320 | Sh10,500 | Seven days |
| KCSE | 313/2 | CRE PAPER 2 | 320 | Sh10,500 | Seven days |
| KCSE | 443/1 | AGRICULTURE PAPER 1 | 70 | SH10,500 | Seven days |
| KCSE | 443/1 | AGRICULURE PAPER 2 | 80 | SH10,500 | Seven days |
| TOTAL | 4,200 |
