The Ministry of Education has announced the 2024 academic calendar for pre-primary, primary, secondary schools, and teachers’ training colleges.
For pre-primary, primary, and secondary schools, the first term will start on January 8, 2024, and end on April 5, 2024, lasting 13 weeks.
During this term, students will have a mid-term break from February 29 to March 3. The term will be followed by a three-week holiday from April 8 to April 26.
The second term, running for 14 weeks, will begin on April 29 and conclude on August 2, with a mid-term break from June 20 to June 23. Afterward, students will go on a three-week holiday from August 5 to August 25.
The third and final term will last 9 weeks, starting on August 26 and ending on October 25. After this, students in primary schools will sit for the Kenya Primary School Education Assessment (KPSEA) and Kenya Intermediate Level Education Assessment (KILEA) from October 28 to October 31.
The Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) exams will take place from November 4 to November 22, followed by a long holiday from October 28 to January 3, 2025.
For teachers’ training colleges, term one will also run from January 8 to April 5, with a holiday scheduled from April 8 to April 26.
Term two will start on April 29 and end on August 2, followed by a break from August 5 to August 30. The final term will be from August 26 to November 8, with the long holiday running from November 11 to January 3, 2025.
