The Ministry of education has released the 2023 school calendar (2023 term dates) for all primary and secondary schools in Kenya. In the calendar, all learners will open for term one of 2023 on 23/1/2023. The term will last for 13 weeks with the closing date slated for 21/4/2023.
See also; Diploma Teachers Training Colleges 2023 Revised Term Dates
The Ministry says the revision of the term dates is in a bid to normalize the school calendar which was disrupted by the covid 19 pandemic.
“Following the stake-holders’ consultation, the revised term dates were agreed on in order to cover the remaining two terms of 2020 school calendar and stabilize school calendar by December 2020.” Reads a circular by the Ministry of Education and titled;
‘RE: SCHOOL CALENDARS FOR YEARS 2020, 2021, 2022 AND 2023- REVISED TERM DATES FOR PRE-PRIMARY, PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS AND TEACHERS TRAINING COLLEGES’.
See also;
- 2020 revised school calendar (Revised 2020 term dates for primary and secondary schools)
- 2021 revised school calendar (Revised 2021 term dates for primary and secondary schools)
- 2022 school calendar (2022 term dates for primary and secondary schools)
2023 TERM DATES FOR ALL LEARNERS
| Activity | Opening Dates | Closing Dates | Duration |
| Term 1 | 23/1/2023 | 21/4/2023 | 13 weeks |
| Half-term Break | 16/3/2023 | 19/3/2023 | 3 days |
| Holiday | 22/4/2023 | 7/5/2023 | 2 weeks |
| Term 2 | 8/5/2023 | 11/8/2023 | 14 weeks |
| Half-term Break | 29/6/2023 | 2/7/2023 | 3 days |
| Holiday | 12/8/2023 | 27/8/2023 | 2 weeks |
| Term 3 | 28/8/2023 | 27/10/2023 | 9 weeks |
| KCPE & KPSEA | 30/10/2023 | 02/11/2023 | 4 days |
| KCSE | 03/11/2023 | 24/11/2023 | 3 weeks |
| KCSE MARKING | 27/11/2023 | 15/12/2023 | 3 weeks |
Thank-you for availing the school calendar. Hope it will not be changed since changes have negatively affected so many sectors of the economy including parents, religious programs which happen during school holidays among others. We now want to catch up.
Thanks
Nice one work
We are great full as the organizations now we can manage to organize our events for next year hoping all will be well.
What about the grade 6 kpsea? Or they wont sit for it?
Nice
2 weeks only ? for a holiday ?
Extend the holiday
Waaah 3 days midterm sasa c tubaki 2 shule
Magoha and matiangi rudini mkipenda
This is not fair at all.highschoolers tuko na shida
Waaah 3 days midterm sasa c tubaki 2 shule
Matiangi rudi 2 waah.this is not fair at all
Ruto turudishie matiangi plz
Enyewe c mbaya, itabidi 2 2vumilie