MoE official Halfterm Break Dates for JSS,primary & secondary schools term 1,
2023 Term Dates .The Ministry of education (MoE )has released the 2023 school calendar.
These are the 2023 term dates for all primary and secondary schools in Kenya. In this new calendar, all schools were opened for term one of 2023 on 23/1/2023.
This term is lasting for 13 weeks with the closing date slated for 21/4/
This revision of the term dates according to the ministry is in a bid to normalize the school calendar which was disrupted by the covid 19 pandemic in 2020.
After the Education stake-holders’ consultation,the revised term dates were agreed on in order to cover the remaining two terms of 2020 school calendar .
This was also meant to stabilize school calendar by December 2020.
To this effect, learners will break for halfterm on 23/3/2023 .This will be a 3 day break that will see learners resume back on 26/3/2023.
The KCSE and KCPE national Examinations will begin in the month of November and end in mid December, 2023.
KCPE examinations dates; :
From 6/11/2023: end on 9/11/2023
KCSE examination dates 2023
Will be done from 10/11/2023:;end on 1/12/2023.
The marking of the national examinations will not spill over to 2024.
Marking of kcse national Examinations
Will be marked from 4/12/2023 to 22/22/2023
The ministry of education released a circular slated ;
‘RE: SCHOOL CALENDARS FOR YEARS 2020, 2021, 2022 AND 2023- REVISED TERM DATES FOR PRE-PRIMARY, PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS AND TEACHERS TRAINING COLLEGES’.
THE 2023 TERM DATES FOR ALL LEARNERS
| 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
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