nck exam centres - Examination Centers: Certificate & Diploma - Nursing Council of Kenya

Bomet County:  Tenwek Mission School of Nursing
Embu County:  Government Training Institute
Garissa County:  NEP Technical Training Institute
Homabay County:  Maseno University – Homabay Town Learning Center
Kakamega County:  Masinde Muliro University of Science and Technology
Kiambu County:   Mt. Kenya University, Thika
Kisii County:  St. Paul’s Nyabururu Teachers Training College
Kisumu County:  Kisumu Polytechnic
Machakos County:  Scott’s Theological College
Meru County:  Meru Technical Training Institute
Mombasa County:  Mombasa Technical Training Institute
Nairobi County:   Cicely McDonnell School of Nursing | KMTC Nairobi | Moi Girls School, Nairobi
Nakuru County:  Egerton University – Nakuru Town Campus
Nyeri County:  Consolata Nyeri School of Nursing
Samburu County:  Consolata Wamba School of Nursing
Transnzoia County:  Kitale Technical Training Institute
Uasin Gishu County:  SOS Hermann Gmeiner Secondary School, Eldoret

The Council is responsible for ensuring that all nurses within its jurisdiction meet an acceptable level of competence before they begin to practice. This level of competence is measured partly by our licensing exam. 

The licensing examination is administered through regional examination centers. It consists of 4 individual papers for basic cadres and 3 papers for other cadres. Each paper examines specific competencies expected of nurses practicing within that capacity and is administered over the course of three hours. Papers comprise multiple-choice questions, short answer questions and long answer questions where the candidate is expected to respond to brief health-care scenarios.

We determine applicants’ eligibility to write the exam by evaluating their conduct, academic and practical progress at the training school. Candidates are allowed a maximum of 4 resits and must satisfy the Board of Examiners for each of the papers before they are eligible to apply for enrollment/registration.