Human resource board releases June exam results

Quresha Abdullahi Executive Director Institute Of Human Resource Management,Sharon Kisire chairperson HRMPEB Board & Dr. Alice Kande acting Director General of Kenya National Qualifications Authority(KNQA) during release of CHRP & RCHRP examinations results. [Wilberforce Okwiri, Standard] 

The Human Resource Management Professionals Examinations Board (HRMPEB) has released the June examination results.

The exams were administered in seven centres across the country between June 14 and 21.

Some 1,404 candidates sat the examinations under the Old and the Revised CHRP (Certified Human Resource Professional) curriculum.

This is an increase of 95, representing 7.25 per cent of the total candidature as compared to November 2022 examinations.

The chairperson for HRMPEB Board Sharon Kisire said that the male candidates were 273, representing 19.4 per cent.

The female candidates, she said, were 1,131, representing 80.6 per cent.

Kisire urged the training institutions and HRMPEB to encourage more male students to take Human Resource Programs.

Kisire said the revised CHRP Program has successfully hit the ground and progressively attracting large numbers of candidature on its second series of administration.

“Further, with the implementation of the Private Candidature Program, we expect the enrolment to double as this provides a more flexible, learner pathway in recognition that learning can also take place outside a formal classroom,” Kisire said.

HRMPEB chief executive Nicholas Kanisa, said that the introduction of private candidature aims to support the board and to build a workable private candidature framework.

Kanisa also said it will offer Candidates who wish to achieve HRMPEB’s CHRP qualification an option to independently study on their own.

Further, the introduction of private candidature will enable them to meet syllabi requirements, and be examined and certified as CHRP’s conveniently and affordably.

“We are set to register and examine our first batch of private candidates, CBET Diploma, and Certificate in HRM in the November 2023 examination series,” he said.

The executive director Institute of Human Resource Management((IHRM)), Quresha Abdulahi lauded HRMPEB achievements.

Abdulahi  the achievements include development of quality assurance and accreditation policy and Strategic Plan instruments that are at their tail end of development.

“These documents once completed and implemented will set the foundation for which the Board is anchored and ensure stability in the management and conduct of HRMPEB examinations for many years to come,” she said.

Candidates who sat for the exams can access their results in the HRMPEB online portal.