Primary and secondary schools began their academic activities for the year 2022 on April 26th, and they returned for half term on the 26th of last June until the 29th of June before returning to school to begin the second half of term one.
Primary and secondary schools closed on 2nd July 2022 and allowed pupils to travel back home for a short first-term holiday that remains until 10th July 2022, a duration of one week
Students began their second term on 11th July 2022 and were supposed to break for half term on 11th August 2022. A duration of three days and end on 14th August 2022, then returning for the second part of term two, the second term was officially to end on 16th September 2022
In order to accommodate the General Elections, which will take place on August 9, 2022, the midterm break will come earlier by one week during term two, beginning on August 6 and lasting through August 14.
After a two-month break, Term 3 commences on September 26, 2022, and ends on November 25, 2022. Term 3 has no midterm.
Within the academic year 2023, Kenya’s school term dates will return to normal. The KCPE and KCSE national exams will be administered as normal in November 2023. The academic year in 2023 will begin on January 23 and end on November 3, 2023.
The first term of 2023 begins on January 23, 2023, and ends on April 21, 2023, totaling 13 weeks. The three days between September 23 and September 26 are designated as midterm breaks. From April 22 through May 7, there are two weeks of the holiday break.
Term 2 is a 13-week period that begins on May 8 and ends on August 11 of 2023. After that, students will take a two-week break from August 12 to August 27, 2023.
One sector that has been impacted by the coronavirus is education. The education system has undergone significant change since the pandemic began. Prior to the Coronavirus, the academic calendar allotted sufficient time for each term, and teachers typically did a good job of managing the syllabus.
Because of the pandemic, term lengths have been drastically shortened, forcing teachers to work harder to complete the required syllabus.