Long Holiday Break For Students as Schools are Set To Open on January

Students in primary and secondary schools, as well as the teaching staff, will now be looking to enjoy a 10-week holiday before schools reopen for the first team of the year. 

According to the information shared by the Ministry of Education, CS Ezekiel Machogu, on Friday, schools will be closed on October 27, 2023, to pave the way for the upcoming national examinations for candidates. 

Learning is set to resume on January 8, 2024, which means the learners will have two full months to stay at home, which are in November and December, respectively. 

The 2024 academic calendar will also mark the first time that schools will be adhering to the usual calendar that was working back in the year 2020 before COVID changed things. 

Next year, there will be no K.C.P.E. examinations as the 8-4-4 system has come to an end. K.C.P.E. examinations are set to begin on October 30th, 2023, all the way through November 2nd, 2023. 

K.C.S.E., on the other hand, will commence on November 3rd, 2023, and end on the 24th of the same month, 2023.