Council Member
Dr. Wilson Chelimo

Accomplished education assessment, examinations, and strategic management professional with over 35 years of progressive leadership experience in national examinations, quality assurance, institutional planning, educational assessment, and school administration. Currently serving as Director, Test Development at the Kenya National Examinations Council (KNEC), providing strategic leadership in the development, quality assurance, innovation, and security of national assessments across Basic Education, Teacher Education, and TVET. Previously served as Deputy Director, Planning and Strategy and Deputy Director, Examinations Management, where key achievements included driving institutional strategy, ISO 9001:2015 Quality Management Systems, performance management, policy development, national examination administration, and implementation of education reforms including Competency-Based Assessment (CBA). Extensive experience in teacher education assessments, examination processing, certification, examinations management, psychometric analysis, stakeholder engagement, and educational policy development gained through senior roles at KNEC and the University of Nairobi. Earlier career experience includes leadership positions as Principal Examinations Secretary, Senior Assistant Registrar (Examinations), Higher Examinations Secretary, Head Teacher, Deputy Head Teacher, Teacher Trainer, and Secondary School Teacher. Recognized for providing transformational leadership in educational assessment systems, governance, quality assurance, strategic planning, capacity building, examination security, and continuous improvement of national and institutional assessment frameworks.

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