Education CS Ezekiel Machogu announces that ECD, primary and secondary schools to reopen for the first term on January 8, 2024; Form One students to report on January 15.
Ministry of Education Releases 2024 Calendar for Schools and Teacher-Training Institutions.
On Monday, the Ministry of Education released the 2024 calendar for pre-primary, primary, and secondary schools, as well as teacher-training institutions.
Ezekiel Machogu, Cabinet Secretary for Education, has declared that the first term of Early Childhood Development (ECD), in primary, and secondary schools will begin on January 8, 2024.
CS Machogu stated in a statement made on Monday that Form One students will report to their new institutions on January 15.
“All field officers of the Ministry of Education have been advised to report to their duty stations on all working days to assist parents with necessary preparations regarding the 2024 School Calendar,” said the Ministry of Education.
The pre-primary, primary, and secondary schools will open for the first term on January 8, 2024, and conclude thirteen weeks later on April 5, 2024.
Between those two breaks, they will have a three-day midterm break from February 29 to March 3, then a three-week break from April 8 to April 26.
The second term will last 14 weeks, beginning on April 29 and concluding on August 2, with a break from June 20-23.
The students will then take another three-week break commencing August 5 and ending August 25.
The final nine-week term of the year will run from August 26 to October 25, paving the way for the Kenya Primary School Education Assessment (KPSEA) and Kenya Intermediate Level Education Assessment (KILEA) examinations from October 28 to October 31.
During the extended December break, which will last from October 28 to January 3, 2025, the administration of the Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) examinations is scheduled to take place between November 4 and 22, 2025.
As for the teachers’ training colleges, the first term will commence on January 8 and conclude on April 5. Subsequently, a spring break will follow, with the colleges being closed from April 8 to April 26.
The second semester will begin on April 29 and end on August 2, with August 5-30 set aside for summer break.
The final term will span eleven weeks, from August 26 to November 8, 2025, before the December break from November 11 to January 3, 2025.
2024 Pre-Primary, Primary, and Secondary School Calendar
| Term Dates | Breaks | Exam Period |
|---|---|---|
| Opening: January 8, 2024 | Half-Term: February 29 – Mar 3 | Oct 28 – Jan 3, 2025 |
| Closing: April 5, 2024 | Holiday: April 8 – Apr 26 | |
| Opening: April 29, 2024 | Half-Term: June 20–June 23 | |
| Closing: August 2, 2024 | Holiday: Aug 5 – Aug 25 | |
| Opening: Aug 26, 2024 | ||
| Closing: October 25, 2024 |
Machogu advised parents and guardians to exercise the highest parental duty in properly guiding their children during the holiday season.
Following proposals from the Presidential Working Party on Education Reforms, the Ministry of Education unveiled a slew of revisions to the Competency-Based Curriculum (CBC) on Friday.
Following proposals from the Presidential Working Party on Education Reforms, the Ministry of Education unveiled a slew of revisions to the Competency-Based Curriculum (CBC) on Friday.
The education system has actively reduced the number of learning areas, specifically lowering lower primary learning areas from 9 to 7 and upper primary learning areas from 10 to 8. For Junior Secondary School (JSS) students, the subjects have been decreased from 14 to 9.
Additionally, the new format eliminates the option of an optional learning area for JSS, resulting in a reduction of overall classes per week from 45 to 41. The new structure will take effect in January 2024.