Activity	Opening Dates	Closing Dates	Duration
Term 1	25/04/2022	1/7/2022	10 weeks
Halfterm Break	26/05/2022	29/5/2022	3 Days
Holiday	2/7/2022	10/7/2022	1 week
Term 2	11/7/2022	16/9/2022	10 weeks
Halfterm Break	6/8/2022	13/8/2022	7 Days
Holiday	17/09/2022	25/9/2022	1 week
Term 3	26/09/2022	25/11/2022	9 weeks
KCPE	28/11/2022	1/12/2022	4 Days
KCSE	1/12/2022	23/12/2022	3 Weeks, 1 Day
KCSE MARKING	2/1/2023	20/1/2023	3 Weeks

Kenya Schools Terms Dates 2023

2023 SCHOOL TERM DATES FOR ALL LEARNERS

	Opening Dates	Closing Dates	Duration
Term 1	23/1/2023	21/4/2023	13 weeks
Halfterm Break	23/3/2023	26/3/2023	3 days
Holiday	22/4/2023	7/5/2023	2 weeks
Term 2	8/5/2023	11/8/2023	13 weeks
Halfterm Break	29/6/2023	2/7/2023	3 days
Holiday	12/8/2023	27/8/2023	2 weeks
Term 3	28/8/2023	3/11/2023	10 weeks
KCPE	6/11/2023	9/11/2023	4 days
KCSE	10/11/2023	1/12/2023	3 weeks 1 day
KCSE MARKING	4/12/2023	22/12/2023	3 weeks

National Examinations – KCPE – March 7, 2022 to March 10, 2022
National Examinations – KCSE – March 11, 2022 to April 1, 2022

Term One 2022 – April 25, 2022 to July 1, 2022
10 Day Holiday.
Term Two 2022 – July 11 to September 16, 2022
Term Three 2022 – September 26 to November 25, 2022

National Examinations KCPE – November 28 – December 1 (KCPE)
National Examinations KCSE December 1 – December 23 (KCSE).

Students in primary and secondary schools will be returning for Term 3 of the school year – a 9 week period that will run from January 3rd, 2022 to March 4th.

The Kenya Certificate of Primary Education (KCPE) examinations will take place from March 7th – 10th, 2022. The students currently in Class 8 will be the second-last batch of learners under the 8-4-4 system to sit for KCPE.

Students currently in Form Four in secondary schools will sit for their Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) examination between March 11th and April 1st, 2022.

A fresh school year will then follow with Term 1 running from April 25th to July 1st, 2022 – a 10-week period. After a short break, schools will reopen for Term 2 from 11th July to 16th September, another 10-week period.

Schools will then reopen for Term 3 from September 26th to November 25th, a nine-week stretch. The second KCPE and KCPE examinations squeezed to fit in 2022 will then take place.

Primary school students currently in Class Seven will take on their KCPE exams from November 28 and December 1, 2022. Notably, a new government will be in place with an election scheduled for August 2022.

Students currently in Form Three in Secondary Schools will sit for their KCSE from December 1st to December 23rd 2022.

The pioneer CBC class currently in Grade Five having moved to Grade Six in April will, in December 2022, take on the CBC assessment exam in December. The exam will represent 40% of their test scores with 60% drawn from school-based assessments administered at grades Four, Five and Six.

In total, there will be five national examinations taking place in 2022. According to the CS George Magoha-led education ministry, all the exams have already been set.

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