2023 Kenyan School Calendar And New Reopening Dates For Junior Secondary Students
2023 Kenyan School Calendar And New Reopening Dates For Junior Secondary Students
2023 Kenyan School Calendar And New Reopening Dates For Junior Secondary Students
2023 Kenyan School Calendar And New Reopening Dates For Junior Secondary Students. The Ministry of education has released the 2023 school calendar (2023 term dates) for all primary and secondary schools in Kenya.
In the calendar, all learners will open for term one of 2023 on 23/1/2023. The term will last for 13 weeks with the closing date slated for 21/4/2023. However, junior secondary school students are likely to open a week later, to prepare themselves for the new milestone awaiting them. Further directions on the exact dates will be given by the Education Ministry.
‘RE: SCHOOL CALENDARS FOR YEARS 2020, 2021, 2022 AND 2023- REVISED TERM DATES FOR PRE-PRIMARY, PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS AND TEACHERS TRAINING COLLEGES.
Activity Opening Dates Closing Dates Duration
Term 1 23/1/2023 21/4/2023 13 weeks
Half-term Break 23/3/2023 26/3/2023 3 days
Holiday 22/4/2023 7/5/2023 2 weeks
Term 2 8/5/2023 11/8/2023 13 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 3/11/2023 10 weeks
KCPE 6/11/2023 9/11/2023 4 days
KCSE 10/11/2023 1/12/2023 3 weeks 1 day
KCSE MARKING 4/12/2023 22/12/2023 3 weeks.
The junior secondary students will pursue the following subjects as stated below
English, Kiswahili, mathematics, integrated science, health education, pre-technical and pre-career, social studies, religious education, business studies, agriculture, life skills education, physical education/sports, foreign languages (German, French and Mandarin), will be introduced alongside indigenous language as an optional subject.
Other optional subjects will include performing/visual arts and computer science.
