TVET CDACC competency-based assessment and certificates
TVET Curriculum Development, Assessment and Certification Council · sources read 1 Oct 2026
Your TVET college, as a CDACC-registered assessment centre, registers you for assessment and you pay a fee based on your level and number of units. Results come out about 8 weeks after the last paper, and result slips and certificates follow within 2 months of results.
- Fee
- We couldn't confirm a fee from the official page. Check it there before you pay.
- How long
- Results about 8 weeks after the last paper
- Where
- Through your TVET college (a TVET CDACC assessment centre). TVET CDACC head office: Absa Towers, 10th Floor, Loita Street, Nairobi
What you need
- To collect results and certificates: an introductory letter from your institution
- Your identification documents
Steps
- Ask your college (the assessment centre) to register you for TVET CDACC assessment within the registration period.
- Pay the assessment fee. It depends on your level and the number of units you are sitting.
- Sit the assessment as timetabled. It can include portfolios, projects, role play and written exams.
- Results come out about 8 weeks after the last paper.
- Collect your result slip and certificate within 2 months of the results, with an introductory letter from your institution and your ID.
Watch out
- Passing one unit gets you a Certificate of Competence for that unit. You get the National Certificate only when you pass all units in the skill area.
- Any query about your results must go through the official channels within 30 working days after results are released.
- RPL assessment only goes up to certificate level.
Who can apply
- Trainees on competency-based (CBET) courses who meet TVET CDACC assessment requirements.
- Workers who learned a skill on the job can be assessed through Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) at an assessment centre.
Official sources (6)
- Competence Assessment tvetcdacc.go.ke · read 1 Oct 2026
- Certification tvetcdacc.go.ke · read 1 Oct 2026
- Faq Page tvetcdacc.go.ke · read 1 Oct 2026
- TVET CDACC Citizens' Service Delivery Charter tvetcdacc.go.ke · read 1 Oct 2026
- TVET CDACC Hati ya Utoaji Huduma kwa Wananchi tvetcdacc.go.ke · read 1 Oct 2026
- TVET CDACC Portal portal.tvetcdacc.go.ke · read 1 Oct 2026