THE KENYA NATIONAL EXAMINATIONS COUNCIL

KNEC/TD/SE/DTE/TT/22/001

THE 2022 DIPLOMA IN TEACHER EDUCATION (DTE) EXAMINATION

TIMETABLE & INSTRUCTIONS
1.0 GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS

1.1 The time allowed for each paper is indicated against the name of the paper and NO EXTRA TIME IS TO BE ALLOWED. In
case of any discrepancy, the time stated on the question paper must be taken as correct. Candidates with Visual Impairment
will NOT be given extra time other than what is stated on their respective papers. Any time allocated to reading through
questions, studying maps etc, is included in the total time shown, except when special paper instructions indicate otherwise.

1.2 IMPORTANT NOTICE

1.2.1 Your attention is drawn to the regulations governing the conduct of examination on the back page.
1.2.2 Supervisors and invigilators MUST ensure that candidates have written their names and index numbers on
their answer scripts before they take the scripts from the candidates.
1.2.3 Trainers should ensure that the candidates take note of the instructions given at the back and are aware of the
penalties for irregularities or misconduct.

2.0 DAYS, DATES, SESSIONS AND DURATION

ITEM DAYS/DATE(S) SESSION ITEM PAPER PAPER/SUBJECT DURATION
NO CODE
2.1 June 2021 to
December 1. 9514/1 Art and Design (Project) 7 Months
2021
2.2 March to June Home Economics – Clothing
2. 9520/2B 4 Months
2022 Construction (Project)
2.3 Thursday 8.30 am – 9.30 am Practical Planning Session -
3. 9520/2A 1 Hour
30/06/2022 (1st session) Home Economics (Foods and Nutrition)
2.4 Monday
04/07/2022
REHEARSAL DAY
Tuesday 4. 9505/1A French Oral Skills 40 mins. per
2.5 05/07/2022 1 day 5. 9506/2A German Oral candidate
6. 9507/1A Arabic Oral Skills
7. 9515/1A Music Practical Performance 15 mins. per
candidate
8. 9520/2A Home Economics (Foods and Nutrition) 2 hours
(Practical)
9. 9514/2 Art and Design (Practical) 4 hours
Wednesday 8.30 am – 11.30 am 10. 9501/1 Education 3 hours
2.6 06/07/2022 (1st session)
11.30 am – 12.00 pm Break 30 minutes
12.00 pm – 3.00 pm 11. 9503/1 English (Creative Writing and Functional Skills) 3 hours
(2nd session)
12. 9517/1 Physics (Theory) 3 hours
2.7 Thursday 8.30 am – 11.30 am 13. 9502/1 Physical Education (Skill Development) 3 hours
(1st session)
07/07/2022 11.30 am – 12.00 pm Break 30 minutes
14. 9519/1 Biology 3 hours
12.00 pm - 3.00 pm 15. 9508/1 Geography (Physical and Biogeography) 3 hours
(2nd session)

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ITEM DAYS/DATE(S) SESSION ITEM PAPER PAPER/SUBJECT DURATION
NO CODE
2.8 Friday 8.30 am – 11.30 am 16. 9522/1 Computer Studies 3 hours
(1st session)
08/07/2022 11.30 am – 12.00 pm Break 30 minutes
12.00 pm – 3.00 pm 17. 9503/2 English (Literary Appreciation) 3 hours
(2nd session) 18. 9518/1 Chemistry 3 hours
2.9 Monday 8.30 am – 11.30 am 19. 9502/2 Principles of Physical Education 3 Hours
(1st session)
11/07/2022 11.30 am – 12.00 pm Break 30 minutes
20. 9521/1 Agriculture (Crop Production and Agricultural 2 ½ hours
12.00 pm – 2.30 pm Engineering)
(2nd session) 21. 9505/1B French (Dictation, Listening Comprehension 2 ½ hours
and Composition)
12.00 pm – 2.00 pm 22. 9506/2B German (Composition and Listening 2 hours
(2nd session) Comprehension)
23. 9507/1B Arabic (Listening Comprehension and 2 hours
Composition)
2.10 Tuesday 8.30 am – 11.30 am 24. 9501/2 Education 3 hours
(1st session)
12/07/2022 11.30 am – 12.00 pm Break 30 minutes
12.00pm – 3.00 pm 25. 9510/1 C R E (Old Testament and Major Religions) 3 hours
(2nd session) 26. 9511/1 I R E (Quran, Hadith, Devotional Acts, Pillars 3 hours
of Iman)
27. 9512/1 HRE 3 hours
2.11 Wednesday 8.30 am – 11.30 am 28. 9516/1 Mathematics 3 hours
(1st session)
13/07/2022 11.30 am – 12.00 pm Break 30 minutes
12.00 pm – 3.00 pm 29. 9513/3 Business Studies (Methodology) 3 hours
(2nd session)
2.12 Thursday 30. 9503/3 English (Methodology, ELT and Language 3 hours
8.30 am – 11.30 am Acquisition Theories)
14/07/2022 (1st session) 31. 9517/2 Physics 3 hours
11.30 am – 12.00 pm Break 30 minutes
32. 9519/2 Biology 3 hours
12.00 pm – 3.00 pm 33. 9508/2 Geography (Practical and Human Geography) 3 hours
(2nd session)
2.13 Friday 8.30 am – 10.00 am 34. 9504/1A Kiswahili (Essay Writing) 1 ½ hours
(1st session)
15/07/2022 10.30 – 12.30 pm 35. 9504/1B Kiswahili (Linguistics and Language skills) 2 hours
(1st session)
12.30 pm – 1.00 pm Break 30 minutes
1.00 pm – 4.00 pm 36. 9505/2 French (Grammar, Reading Comprehension 3 hours
(2nd session) and Extensive Reading)
37. 9507/2 Arabic (Grammar, Reading Comprehension, 3 hours
Summary, Nature of Arabic Language and
Literature)
38. 9521/2 Agriculture (Livestock Production and 2 ½ hours
1.00 pm – 3.30 pm Agricultural Economics)
(2nd session) 39. 9506/1 German (Grammar and Reading Comprehension) 2 ½ hours
40. 9517/3 Physics (Methodology) 2 ½ hours
2.14 Monday 8.30 am – 11.30 am 41. 9516/2 Mathematics 3 hours
(1st session)
18/07/2022 11.30 am – 12.00 pm Break 30 minutes
12.00 pm – 2.30 pm 42. 9509/1 History and Government (History and 2 ½ hours
(2nd session) Government of Kenya)
12.00 pm – 3.00 pm 43. 9515/2 Music (Basic Skills, History and Analysis) 3 hours
(2nd session)

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ITEM DAYS/DATE(S) SESSION ITEM PAPER PAPER/SUBJECT DURATION
NO CODE
2.15 Tuesday 8.30 am – 11.30 am 44. 9504/2 Kiswahili (Literature) 3 hours
(1st session)
19/07/2022 45. 9519/3 Biology (Methodology) 3 hours
11.30 am – 12.00 pm Break 30 minutes
12.00 pm – 3.00 pm 46. 9513/1 Business studies 3 hours
(2nd session)
2.16 Wednesday 8.30 am - 10.30 am 47. 9518/2 Chemistry 2 hours
(1st session)
20/07/2022 8.30 am – 11.30 am 48. 9504/3 Kiswahili (Methodology) 3 hours
(1st session)
11.30 am – 12.00 pm Break 30 minutes
49. 9510/2 CRE (New Testament) 3 hours
12.00 pm – 3.00 pm
50. 9511/2 IRE (Akhlaq, Muamalat, History of Islam and 3 hours
(2nd session)
Muslim Scholars)
51. 9512/2 HRE 3 hours
52. 9522/2 Computer Studies 3 hours
2.17 Thursday 8.30 am – 11.00 am 53. 9516/3 Mathematics (Methodology) 2 ½ hours
(1st session)
21/07/2022 8.30 am – 11.30 am 54. 9505/3 French (Methodology) 3 hours
(1st session)
55. 9506/3 German (Methodology) 3 hours
56. 9507/3 Arabic (Methodology) 3 hours
11.30 am – 12.00 pm Break 30 minutes
12.00 pm – 3.00 pm 57. 9502/3 Physical Education (Methodology) 3 hours
(2nd session)
2.18 Friday 8.30 am – 11.30 am 58. 9510/3 CRE (Methodology) 3 hours
(1st session)
59. 9511/3 IRE (Methodology) 3 hours
22/07/2022
60. 9512/3 HRE 3 hours
61. 9522/3 Computer Studies (Methodology) 3 hours
11.30 am – 12.00 pm Break 30 minutes
12.00 pm– 2.00 pm 62. 9518/3 Chemistry (Methodology) 2 hours
(2nd session)
12.00 pm– 3.00 pm 63. 9514/3 Art and Design (Theory & Methodology) 3 hours
(2nd session)
2.19 Monday 8.30 am – 11.30 am 64. 9513/2 Business Studies 3 hours
(1st session)
25/07/2022 65. 9520/1 Home Economics (Theory) 3 Hours
11.30 am – 12.00 pm Break 30 minutes
12.00 pm– 1.00 pm 66. 9515/1B Music (Aural) 1 hour
12.00 pm– 2.30 pm 67. 9509/2 History and Government (Themes in World 2 ½ hours
(2nd session) History)
2.20 Tuesday 8.30 am – 11.30 am 68. 9508/3 Geography (Methodology) 3 hours
(1st session)
69. 9520/3 Home Economics (Methodology) 3 hours
26/07/2022 11.30 am – 12.00 pm Break 30 minutes
12.00 pm – 2.30 pm 70. 9509/3 History and Government (Methodology) 2 ½ hours
(2nd session)
2.21 Wednesday 8.30 am – 11.30 am 71. 9501/3 Education (Methodology) 3 hours
(1st session)
27/07/2022 11.30 am – 12.00 pm Break 30 minutes
12.00 pm – 2.00 pm 72. 9521/3 Agriculture (Methodology) 2 hours
(2nd session)
73. 9515/3 Music (Methodology) 2 hours

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3.0 INSTRUCTIONS AND GUIDELINES TO SUPERVISORS, INVIGILATORS, TRAINERS AND CANDIDATES
3.1 Trainers are advised to ensure that the candidates read these instructions and guidelines carefully and adhere to them. The candidates should be
made aware of the penalties for examination irregularities or misconduct.

3.2 GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES

3.2.1 Be at your seat in the examination room ten minutes before the time fixed for the examination in the various papers. 1st session should start
at 8.30 a.m. followed by the 2nd session.
3.2.2 A candidate who arrives late will be required to give a satisfactory reason to the Supervisor. Only in exceptional circumstances will a paper
be given to any candidate who is more than half an hour late. Absolute punctuality is essential for all papers.
3.2.3 Check the question paper you have been given to confirm that it is the paper you registered for.
3.2.4 If an examination paper for which you are not registered is handed to you, or if the questions indicate that a map or other material should
also have been provided, inform the Supervisor at once.
3.2.5 Attend carefully to any general instructions that may be given on the first page of a paper, e.g. instructions limiting the number of questions
that should be answered.
3.2.6 Check to ensure that each page of your question paper is printed.
3.2.7 Write your name and your index number on the answer booklet.
3.2.8 Write on both sides of the paper, but do not use the margins. Begin the answer to each separate part of a question on a fresh line.
3.2.9 Write the number of the question clearly in the left-hand margin at the beginning of each answer. Do not copy the question. Be careful to
use the same system of numbering as appears in the question paper. Leave a blank line after the answer to each question.
3.2.10 Write your answer in black or blue ink. You may use a fountain pen or a ballpoint pen. Pencils should only be used for diagrams. Bring
mathematical and drawing instruments for subjects for which they will be needed.
3.2.11 Read each question carefully. A lot of time may be wasted in writing down information that is not asked for and no marks are given for it.
3.2.12 Do not spend too much time on one or two questions, leave yourself adequate time to answer other questions.
3.2.13 As soon as notice is given to stop, make sure your index number is written on the booklet and then hand it over to the supervisor/invigilator.
3.2.14 Withdrawal from the examination should have been notified to the KNEC in writing before the examination begins.

3.3 CAUTION TO THE CANDIDATES

3.3.1 You are not allowed to leave the examination room before the end of the period allocated to the paper except with special permission from
the Supervisor. NO CANDIDATE SO PERMITTED TO LEAVE MAY TAKE A QUESTION PAPER OR ANSWER BOOKLET OUT OF THE
EXAMINATION ROOM.
3.3.2 Do not leave a sheet of paper you have written on or your answers in such a position that another candidate can read them. You should not
give or obtain unfair assistance, or attempt to do so, whether by copying or in any other way, and your work should not show proof of such
unfair assistance.
3.3.3 No communication whatsoever in whatever manner between candidates or with outsiders is allowed during the examination.
3.3.4 You are not allowed to have in your possession or in your proximity while in the examination room, any book, notes, papers or any other
materials whatsoever except the correct question papers and any materials expressly authorized by the Kenya National Examinations
Council.
3.3.5 You may use mathematical tables where required and these should not contain any additional notes except the printed information. If you
are using a calculator as permitted by the Regulations, it should be the specified non programmable calculator. If in doubt, check with the
Supervisor.
3.3.6 You must return immediately to the Supervisor any question paper that has smudges or has errors or is badly printed.
3.3.7 You must not take any used or unused writing paper out of the examination room. Any rough work must be done on the official answer
booklet and, if not to be submitted with the answers, must be left on the desk to be collected by the Supervisor and destroyed.
3.3.8 Any misconduct or causing of disturbance in or near the examination room will be treated as an examination irregularity.
3.3.9 Cell phones or any other electronic communication device are prohibited in examination centres. Any candidate caught in possession of a
cell phone/any other electronic device will have his/her results cancelled.

3.4 PENALTY FOR EXAMINATION IRREGULARITIES

3.4.1 The KNEC Act No. 29 of 2012 Offences and Penalties stated in Sections 27 to 40 for cases of examination irregularities will apply. Some
of the highlights in these Sections state that:
3.4.1.1 A candidate who commits an examination irregularity in any paper will have the results for the WHOLE SUBJECT cancelled. Such a
candidate will not be entitled to a result and will be awarded result “Y” overall.
3.4.1.2 If there is evidence of wide-spread irregularities in any examination centre, the examination results for the whole centre will be cancelled.
3.4.1.3 Any person who:-
a) gains access to examination material and knowingly reveals the contents, whether orally or in writing, to an unauthorized party, whether
a candidate or not, will be in violation of Section 27 of the Act and the penalty will be imprisonment for a term not exceeding ten years,
or a fine not exceeding two million shillings or both;
b) willfully and maliciously damages examination material will be in violation of Section 30 of the Act and the penalty will be imprisonment
for a term not exceeding five years or a fine not exceeding five million shillings or both;
c) is not registered to take a KNEC examination but, with intent to impersonate, presents or attempts to present himself to take the part of
an enrolled candidate will be in violation of Section 31 of the Act, and shall be guilty of an offence and liable to imprisonment for a term
not exceeding two years or a fine not exceeding two million shillings or both and shall be prohibited from taking an examination
conducted by or on behalf of the Council for a period of three years.
3.4.2 Please ensure that you do not commit any examination irregularity to avoid having your results cancelled.
CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

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