Updated 2024 Kenyan Schools Calendar. The Kenyan Ministry of Education has published the pre-primary, primary, secondary, and teacher training college (TTC) academic calendar for 2024.
Term 1 started on on January 8, 2024, and ended on April 5, 2024 under the new academic calendar. After that, students will have a three-week term 1 holiday, which runs from April 8 to April 26.
When classes resumed, term 1 lasted 13 weeks, term 2 will be 14 weeks, and term 3 will last 9 weeks.
The CS for Education, Ezekiel Machogu, disclosed that the 2024 form 1 students will begin classes on January 15, 2024, along with the term dates. That has since happened.
This is Kenya’s school calendar for 2024, which includes the dates of the academic terms for pre-primary, primary, and secondary schools:
Term 1 2024 Term Dates
The ministry declared that the first term of 2024 will begin on January 8, 2024, and run for 13 weeks, ending on April 5, 2024. Right in the midst of the term, on February 29 to March 3, 2024, students will enjoy a 3-day half-term vacation.
Updated 2024 Kenyan Schools Calendar
The three-week long April breaks will start on April 8 and end on April 26.
Term 2 2024 Term Dates
Academic calendar for Term 2 will start on April 29 and go through August 2, 2024. It will require fourteen weeks to complete.
The dates of the 2024 half-term break are June 20–23. The holiday break for term 2 will, nevertheless, take place from August 5 to August 23. The August break will last for three weeks.
Term 3 2024 Term Dates
The nine-week session will begin on August 26 and end on October 25. Considering its brief duration, there is no midterm break for term 3.
The extended December break, which runs from October 28 to January 3, 2025, will see schools closed.
The dates for the four-day KPSEA and KILEA assessments are October 28, 2024, through October 31, 2024. The KCSE exams, on the other hand, will begin on November 4 and run through November 22, 2024.
Teacher Training Colleges 2024 School Calendar
The terms of January 8, 2024, to April 5, 2024, are designated for the Diploma in Teacher Education for Secondary, Diploma in Primary Teacher Education, and Diploma in Early Childhood Teacher Education programs.
The third term will take place from August 26 to November 8, 2024, whereas the second term will begin on April 29 and end on August 2, 2024.