Get foreign school results equated by KNEC (e.g. IGCSE to KCSE)
Kenya National Examinations Council · sources read 2 Oct 2026
Apply on KNEC's QMIS (qmis.knec.ac.ke): upload a request letter, your certificates and ID, and pay KSh 3,480 by M-Pesa. Your exam board must also email confirmation of your results to KNEC, and only then does processing start.
- Fee
- KSh 3,480Equation/equivalence letter (includes dispatch by registered mail)
- Where
- Online on KNEC's QMIS (qmis.knec.ac.ke); questions to equation@knec.ac.ke
What you need
- A request letter to the CEO, KNEC, stating why you need the equation, the postal address of the institution that asked for it, and your phone and email
- All your certificates, plus your ID card or passport (birth certificate if under 18)
- For O-level or A-level: a copy of your primary-level certificate
- If a certificate isn't in English or Kiswahili, a translation from your country's embassy
Steps
- Ask the exam board that issued your certificate to email confirmation of your results directly to ceo@knec.ac.ke.
- Register or log in on QMIS at qmis.knec.ac.ke and choose equation of foreign qualifications.
- Scan and upload your request letter, all certificates and your ID, passport or birth certificate.
- Pay by M-Pesa using the paybill and account number the system sends you.
Watch out
- Foreign courses done by distance learning outside the exam's home country can't be equated.
- The equation letter goes to the institution that asked for it, not to you.
- Want to sit KCSE in Kenya? Get the equation (and any qualifying test) done one year before you register.
Who can apply
- Certificates from an accredited examining board or an institution mandated by law to offer the exam.
- To be equated to KCSE, you must have sat 7 subjects, including Mathematics, English, two sciences and one humanity.
Official sources (4)
- Guidelines on Equation of Foreign Certificates (31 May 2024) knec.ac.ke · read 2 Oct 2026
- QMIS knec.ac.ke · read 2 Oct 2026
- FAQ Page knec.ac.ke · read 2 Oct 2026
- KNEC Query Management Information System qmis.knec.ac.ke · read 2 Oct 2026