KNEC to Release 2024 KCSE Certificates This Week as KUCCPS Portal Nears Closure.
The Education Cabinet Secretary, Julius Ogomba, announced that the government will release the 2024 Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) certificates this coming week. Speaking in Kisii on Sunday, April 27, Ogomba emphasized the importance of principals ensuring that students collect their certificates promptly.
The CS highlighted that the certificates are critical for students to access employment and other opportunities after completing their education. Ogomba stated that the 2024 KCSE certificates would be available within the week and urged teachers to contact students, stressing, “Certificates of 2024 KCSE will be out this coming week, so I would like to urge teachers to call students to go for their certificates so that they may be able to have jobs and other things.”
Ogomba also appealed to guardians to support students in enrolling for university courses before the set deadline of April 30, 2025. He noted that the current enrollment rate stands at 72 per cent.
The CS remarked that efforts are ongoing to enroll students who attained a C+ and above, adding, “We are continuing to enroll students who got a C+ and above in the universities, and we set the deadline as April 30. I would like to encourage students who have not applied to apply within this period.”
In 2024, a total of 962,512 students sat for the KCSE examinations. Among them, 246,391 candidates achieved grades of C+ and above, qualifying for university admission.
Crackdown on Principals Withholding Certificates
At the same time, Ogomba revealed that a crackdown will begin next week on principals who continue to withhold national examination certificates from students over outstanding fees.
He recalled that he had previously issued a directive for teachers to release all certificates and confirmed that the compliance deadline had already passed. The CS firmly stated, “From next week, we will be taking action against teachers who are still withholding the certificates.”
Government spokesperson Isaac Mwaura had earlier supported this stance, warning that principals found unlawfully detaining certificates would face both disciplinary and legal consequences.
In his statement on Monday, April 14, Mwaura underlined that examination certificates are the rightful property of the students, and withholding them not only violates their rights but also weakens the integrity of the education system.
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Further, Ogomba outlined the government’s plan to shift the collection of certificates from former schools to sub-county education offices. Speaking on Monday, March 17, he explained that this measure aims to ensure students can access their certificates more easily, reducing cases of unlawful withholding.
Mwaura emphasized that denying students their academic credentials would not be tolerated, declaring, “Denying any student access to their academic credentials undermines the very foundation of our education system and compromises the rights of the child.”
KNEC to Release 2024 KCSE Certificates This Week as KUCCPS Portal Nears Closure
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