The education calendar for Primary and Secondary schools is set to return to normal from January 23, 2023, the Ministry of Education has confirmed.
In a calendar seen by K24 Digital, the first term will begin on January 23 and will run for 13 weeks, with the closing date slated for April 21, 2023.
The students will break for a three-day half-term break on March 23 and resume studies on March 26 for the remaining part of the term.
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Thereafter, the students will break for a two-week holiday on April 22 and resume on May 7.
Term Two is scheduled to run for 13 weeks, from May 8 until August 11.
The students will also break for a three-day half-term break on June 29 and resume studies on July 2.
Term Three will run for 10 weeks, from August 23 to November 9.
National examinations will start on November 6 beginning with the Kenya Certificate of Primary Education (KCPE) which will take four days, followed by Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) which will start on November 10 and go on for a period of three weeks and one day.
Marathon education calender
The normal school calendar resumes after disruptions occasioned by the Coronavirus pandemic.
Learning resumed in Kenya in October 2020 after a seven-month closure.
The Ministry of Education released what many termed as a "marathon" school calendar to ensure learners catch up and recover lost time.
