Revised 2024 school calendar: The Ministry of Education, on Friday, released a 42-week education calendar for pre-primary, primary and secondary school students.
According to the ministry, the schools will open for Term One on January 8, 2024, and run for a period of 13 weeks before closing on April 5, 2024.
The students will proceed on a three-day half-term break from February 29 to March 3, 2024.
Subsequently, they will head home for a three-week holiday from April 8 to 13th May at the end of the first term.
Following the long holiday, the students will resume school for the second term on 13th May, 2024. Thereafter, they will break for the half-term holiday from June 20 to June 23, 2024.
The second term will run for 14 weeks before ending on August 2, 2024.
According to the Ministry of Education, the final term will commence on August 26, 2024, and run until October 25, 2024.
During the term, the Kenya Primary School Education Assessment (KPSEA) examinations will be held from October 28 to October 31, 2024.
Conversely, Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) candidates will sit exams from November 4 to November 22.
Thereafter, the students will proceed on a long holiday from October 28 to January 3, 2025.
On the other hand, the Teachers’ training colleges will open for the first term on January 8, 2024, and end on April 5, 2024. The long holiday will last for four weeks in the month of April.
Term Two will commence on April 29 and end on August 2, with the holidays scheduled for August 5 to August 30, 2024.
The final term will run from August 26, 2024, to November 8, 2024, and thereafter break for the long holidays from November 11, 2024, to January 3, 2025.
2024 TERM DATES FOR ALL LEARNERS
| Opening Dates | Closing Dates | Duration | |
| Term 1 | 8th January 2024 | 5th April 2024 | 13 weeks |
| Halfterm Break | 29th February 2024 | 3rd March, 2024 | 3 days |
| April Holiday | 8th April 2024 | 26th April 2024 | 3 weeks |
| Term 2 | 13th May 2024 | 2nd August 2024 | 14 Weeks |
| Halfterm Break | 20th June 2024 | 23rd June 2024 | 3 Days |
| August Holiday | 5th August 2024 | 23rd August 2024 | 3 Weeks |
| Term 3 | 26th August 2024 | 25th October 2024 | 9 Weeks |
| KPSEA & KILEA | 28th October 2024 | 31st October 2024 | 4 Days |
| KCSE Exams | 4th November 2024 | 22nd November 2024 | 3 Weeks |
| December Holiday | 28th October 2024 | 3rd January 2024 | 10 Weeks |
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2020 TERM 2 AND 3 REVISED SCHOOL CALENDAR FOR CONTINUING LEARNERS
Here are the new term dates for the PP1 and 2; Grade 1, 2 and 3; Class 5, 6 and 7; and Form 1, 2 and 3 learners.
| Activity | Opening Dates | Closing Dates | Duration |
| Term 2 | 4/1/2021 | 19/03/2021 | 11 weeks |
| Holiday | 20/03/2021 | 9/5/2021 | 7 weeks |
| Term 3 | 10/5/2021 | 16/07/2021 | 10 weeks |
| Halfterm Break | 3/6/2021 | 7/6/2021 | 3 Days |
| Holiday | 17/7/2021 | 25/7/2021 | 1 week |
2021 TERM DATES FOR ALL LEARNERS
| Activity | Opening Dates | Closing Dates | Duration |
| Term 1 | 26/7/2021 | 1/10/2021 | 10 weeks |
| Halfterm Break | 26/8/2021 | 29/8/2021 | 3 days |
| Holiday | 2/10/2021 | 10/10/2021 | 1 week |
| Term 2 | 11/10/2021 | 23/12/2021 | 11 weeks |
| Christmas/Holiday | 24/12/2021 | 2/1/2022 | 10 days |
| Term 3 | 3/1/2022 | 4/3/2022 | 9 weeks |
| KCPE | 7/3/2022 | 10/3/2022 | 4 days |
| KCSE | 11/3/2022 | 1/4/2022 | 3 weeks 1 day |
| KCSE MARKING | 4/4/2022 | 22/4/2022 | 3 weeks |
Term 2, 2021 half term will commence on Friday 19th November, 2021, to Tuesday 23rd November, 2021.
2022 TERM DATES FOR ALL LEARNERS
| 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 | 1 week |
| 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 |
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 |
