Kenya

Postsecondary Education

Required documents	Required Format	Mode of Submission	Notes
1. Final award (e.g. degree certificate, diploma, certificate)	Scanned colour copy of both sides of the award	Submitted by you (the applicant) with the application	Please ensure that every page is in colour and that the entire page scanned. Document size can be reduced if necessary, but do ensure that everything is clear and legible and that no information is cut off. Scan the back of the document as well, even if it is blank.
2. Academic records (transcript/statements of marks) issued by the post secondary institution or the appropriate examining body (such as Kenya National Examinations Council or Ministry of Education)	Scanned colour copy of both sides of the document	Submitted by you (the applicant) with the application
3. Official academic records (transcript/statements of marks) issued by the post secondary institution or the appropriate examining body (such as Kenya National Examinations Council or Ministry of Education)	Official academic records or Verified/Attested copy of the academic records (stamped and signed, and dated by an appropriate official of the issuing body)	Sent directly to CES office by the issuing body, in its sealed envelope. or You can forward the original issuing body-sealed envelope to our office if the issuing body has released the official transcript to you.	Documents inside the envelope must bear original stamps and signatures. Plain photocopies are not acceptable for this requirement. The envelope must be sealed by the institution with a stamp and signature over the flap.

Required documents

Required Format

Mode of Submission

Notes

1. Final award (e.g. degree certificate, diploma, certificate)

Scanned colour copy of both sides of the award

Submitted by you (the applicant) with the application

Please ensure that every page is in colour and that the entire page scanned.

Document size can be reduced if necessary, but do ensure that everything is clear and legible and that no information is cut off.

Scan the back of the document as well, even if it is blank.

2. Academic records (transcript/statements of marks)

issued by the post secondary institution or the appropriate examining body (such as Kenya National Examinations Council or Ministry of Education)

Scanned colour copy of both sides of the document

Submitted by you (the applicant) with the application

3. Official academic records (transcript/statements of marks)

issued by the post secondary institution or the appropriate examining body (such as Kenya National Examinations Council or Ministry of Education)

Official academic records

Verified/Attested copy of the academic records (stamped and signed, and dated by an appropriate official of the issuing body)

Sent directly to CES office by the issuing body, in its sealed envelope.

You can forward the original issuing body-sealed envelope to our office if the issuing body has released the official transcript to you.

Documents inside the envelope must bear original stamps and signatures.

Plain photocopies are not acceptable for this requirement.

The envelope must be sealed by the institution with a stamp and signature over the flap.

Secondary Education (Optional)

Required documents	Required Format	Mode of Submission	Notes
1. Final award External examination results of the East African Certificate of Education (EACE)/ East African Advanced Certificate of Education (EAACE) issued by the East African Examinations Council External examination results of the Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE)/ Kenya Advanced Certificate of Education (KACE) issued by the Kenya National Examinations Council	Scanned colour copy of both sides of the award	Submitted by you (the applicant) with the application	Please ensure that every page is in colour and that the entire page scanned. Document size can be reduced if necessary, but do ensure that everything is clear and legible and that no information is cut off. Scan the back of the document as well, even if it is blank.
2. Official external examination results Note:  The results submitted must be issued by the appropriate examining body and not the secondary school	Official academic records or Verified/Attested copy of the academic records (stamped and signed, and dated by an appropriate official of the examining body)	Sent directly to CES office by the examining body, in a sealed envelope. or You can forward the original examining body-sealed envelope to our office if the examining body has released the official transcript to you.	Documents inside the envelope must bear original stamps and signatures. Plain photocopies are not acceptable for this requirement. The envelope must be sealed by the institution with a stamp and signature over the flap.

Required documents

Required Format

Mode of Submission

Notes

1. Final award

External examination results of the East African Certificate of Education (EACE)/ East African Advanced Certificate of Education (EAACE) issued by the East African Examinations Council

External examination results of the Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE)/ Kenya Advanced Certificate of Education (KACE) issued by the Kenya National Examinations Council

Scanned colour copy of both sides of the award

Submitted by you (the applicant) with the application

Please ensure that every page is in colour and that the entire page scanned.

Document size can be reduced if necessary, but do ensure that everything is clear and legible and that no information is cut off.

Scan the back of the document as well, even if it is blank.

2. Official external examination results

Note:  The results submitted must be issued by the appropriate examining body and not the secondary school

Official academic records

Verified/Attested copy of the academic records (stamped and signed, and dated by an appropriate official of the examining body)

Sent directly to CES office by the examining body, in a sealed envelope.

You can forward the original examining body-sealed envelope to our office if the examining body has released the official transcript to you.

Documents inside the envelope must bear original stamps and signatures.

Plain photocopies are not acceptable for this requirement.

The envelope must be sealed by the institution with a stamp and signature over the flap.

Notes

Submitting an incomplete application and/or documentation will delay the assessment process.
Complete documentation must be provided for the program(s) of post-secondary study you wish to have assessed and verified. In most cases, CES will assess the credential selected without requiring documents for credentials you have previously earned. We do, however, reserve the right to request documents related to credentials earned prior to a higher award if we feel they support the assessment.
Providing the required documents does not guarantee that the credential in question will be recognized by CES.
CES reserves the right to contact the issuing authority at any time during the assessment process to obtain information about the program completed and/or verify the documents, irrespective of the method by which they are received.
All documents submitted become the property of CES and will not be returned or released to you.
Contact Us if you require clarification of our requirements.
If your institution offers official electronic transcripts, we invite you to select this option to minimize any delays. Please contact your academic institution to request that they send your academic documents to us directly to ces.transcripts@utoronto.ca. The electronic transcript must be sent via an institutional email address belonging to the appropriate office/department/unit that is in charge of academic document issuance or verification.
Please only request the official institutional documents (e.g. official academic record, official transcript, verified transcript, etc) after your online application is submitted and all fees are paid.
Official institutional documents received prior to the submission of an online application will not be processed until all fees are paid and an online application is received by our office. This will incur delays in your application processing.
CES uses your full name and your CES Student Number to match your official institutional documents to your submitted online application. Without the CES Student Number, any variation of your name may cause your official institutional documents not to be matched to your application.