The government through the Ministry of Education has unveiled the 2024 calendar for pre-primary, primary, secondary schools and teachers’ training colleges.
According to the calendar, the pre-primary, primary and secondary schools will have 13 weeks of classwork from January 8 to April 5, 2024 with a mid-term break from February 29 to March 3.
At the end of the first term, the schools will close for three weeks from April 6 to 26, 2023.
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They will again open schools for term two from April 29 which will run for 14 weeks up to August 2. In between, they will go for a half-term from June 20 to 23.
The learners for pre-primary, primary and secondary school will go for a three-week holiday from August 5 to 25.
On August August 26, they will open for the third term which will run for nine weeks up to October 25.
Schools national exams
National exams including the Kenya Primary School Education Assessment (KPSEA) Kenya Intermediate Level Education Assessment (KILEA) examinations will run from October 28 to 31.
This will pave the way for the Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) exams running from November 4 to 22, 2023.
The long holiday is set to kick in on October 28, 2023, to January 3, 2025.
Teachers' training colleges will have their term one starting on January 8 and ending on April 5, 2023, with a three-week holiday from April 8 to 26.
Term two will open on April 29 and go until August 2followed by another holiday running from August 5 to 30.
The colleges will open for a third term on August 26 running to November 8, before a long holiday from November 11 to January 3, 2025.
