The Kenya National Examinations Council (KNEC) has released the examination schedule for Tuesday, November 3, as the 2026 Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) examinations enter their third week.
In an update shared on its social media platforms on Tuesday, November 3, 2026, the council wished candidates well as they prepare to sit Mathematics and English papers scheduled for the day.
According to the timetable, the morning session will begin at 8:00 am, with candidates sitting Mathematics Alternative A Paper 1 or Mathematics Alternative B Paper 1.
Mathematics Alternative A (121/1) and Mathematics Alternative B (122/1) will each run for two hours and 30 minutes, ending at 10.30 am.
Candidates using the large-print versions of the papers will follow the same schedule, while those sitting the Braille version of Mathematics Alternative A will have until 11:00 am.
A three-hour break is scheduled between the morning and afternoon sessions, from 11:00 am to 2:00 pm.
The afternoon session will begin at 2:00 pm, with candidates sitting English Paper 2 (101/2), covering Comprehension, Literary Appreciation and Grammar.
The paper is scheduled to run for two hours and 30 minutes, ending at 4.30 pm.
Candidates using the large-print version will follow the same duration, while those sitting the Braille paper and the examination format for hearing-impaired candidates will have until 5pm.
The timetable provides for the following Tuesday examinations:
The Tuesday schedule comes as the national examinations move into a phase featuring papers with large numbers of candidates.
KNEC Chief Executive Officer David Njengere recently issued fresh instructions to examination centre managers and field officers as the examinations entered the third week.
Among the directives, examination containers are required to be opened at 7:00 am, while mobile phones within examination centres must be switched off and secured in lockable lockers outside examination rooms during examination sessions.
Centre managers have also been directed to maintain approved lists of authorised personnel, with everyone accessing the centres required to present their original national identity cards.
The council has further prohibited candidates from wearing wristwatches inside examination rooms, directing schools to provide wall clocks to help candidates monitor examination time.
The 2026 KCSE examinations began with oral and practical assessments in October before the written papers got underway. The official timetable provides for the examination period to run through Friday, November 20.
A total of 1,048,355 candidates are sitting this year’s KCSE examinations across the country, according to figures announced by the Ministry of Education.
KNEC has wished all candidates well as they continue with the examinations and urged them to follow the official timetable and instructions issued by examination officials.
