Certificate of Secondary Education Examination(CSEE) Format & Eligibility
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This is an achievement test offered to candidates who have completed four years of secondary education.
The Examination Calendar
CSEE is administered at the first week of November every year.
The objectives of CSEE
The objectives of this examination are:
To assess students' skills and knowledge achieved in different subjects at secondary school.
Also to weigh the extent to which the student can use the skills gained to meet the social, political, economic and technological challenges for the individual and the national development at large;
To identify students with the capacity to continue learning to the advanced secondary school level and other learning institutions.
The holder of the CSEE qualification is expected to be able to apply skills of knowledge, comprehension, application, analysis, synthesis and evaluation in a broad range of activities.
Eligibility of Candidates who Seats for the Examination
Any students who have completed four years of secondary education at both government and non-government registered schools and passed form two secondary education examination or Qualifying Test. Also, repeaters of the same examination who registered themselves as private candidates.
Examined Subjects/Courses
The core and compulsory subjects that a candidate is registered to sit for CSEE are:
1. Civics
2. History
3. Geography
4. Kiswahili
5. English Language
6. Biology
7. Basic Mathematics
Candidate may also sit for additional two subjects chosen from:
Natural science subjects which are:
1. Physics
2. Chemistry
Business subjects which are:
1. Commerce
2. Book Keeping
Home economic subjects which are:
1. Food and Nutrition
2. Textile and Dress Making
Technical subjects which are:
1. Building Construction
2. Architectural Draughting
3. Surveying
4. Carpentry and Joinery
5. Brickwork and Masonry
6. Painting and Sign Writing
7. Plumbing
8. Electrical Installation
9. Electrical Engineering Science
10. Radio and Television Servicing
11. Electrical Draughting
12. Refrigeration and air conditioning
13. Plant and Equipment Maintenance
14. Workshop Technology
15. Motor Vehicle Mechanics
16. Welding and Metal Fabrication
17. Fitting and Turning, Auto Electric
18. Mechanical Draughting and Foundry
19. Blacksmith
One optional subject among the following:
1. Bible Knowledge
2. Elimu ya Dini ya Kiislamu
3. Fine Art, Music
4. Physical Education
5. French Language
6. Literature in English
7. Arabic Language
8. Agricultural Science
9. Information and Computer Studies
10. Additional Mathematics.
NB: No candidate for the CSEE shall register for more than ten subjects at one sitting.
CSEE Examination Formats
Each subject has an examination format which describes the structure of the examination paper, rubric and the content in which that particular examination covers.
The details of subjects examined are shown in individual examinations formats that can be accessed in the examination formats
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