Government announces school opening date and 2025 academic calendar
Government releases 2025 academic calendar and school opening date
Government releases 2025 academic calendar and school opening date
The government has announced that schools nationwide will reopen in the first week of January 2025 following the recent completion of the Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE).
In the circular issued by the Ministry of Education on Thursday, November 28, all schools are set to reopen for the first term on January 6, 2025, and close on April 4 after 13 weeks of studies.
According to the notice, students will then proceed for half term for five days, between February 26 to March 2. Consequently, they will resume studies are thereafter proceed for to first term holiday from April 7 to April 25.
Education Principal Secretary Belio Kipsang in his announcement, revealed that the second term would begin on April 28, during which students would study for 14 weeks before proceeding to the second term holidays on August 1, 2025.
During the first term, students would be given a five-day half-term between June 25 and June 29. The learners would then proceed to the second term holiday for three weeks from August 4, to August 22.
The third term was scheduled to begin on August 25 and last for only nine weeks, after which schools would close for the November and December holidays on October 24.
Consequently, Kipsang revealed that the Kenya Primary School Education Assessment (KPSEA) 2025 would then kick off on October 27 and last for four days up to October 30.
Similarly, students undertaking the Kenya Intermediate Level Education Assessment (KILEA) exams were expected to begin their test on October 27. The exams were expected to last for five days and end on October 31.
Meanwhile, the Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) was scheduled to take place for three weeks between November 3 and November 21.
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The announcement comes after most students across the country completed their KCSE exams with the marking of the examination set to begin in the coming weeks.
The examinations which kicked off on October 24, were administered to 900,000 students with each learner sitting for at least 20 papers during the three-week period that ended on November 22.
While commenting on the exam malpractice by students during KCSE exams, Education Cabinet Secretary Julius Ogamba said that the ministry would deal with cheating cases on an individual basis to avoid collateral damage.
Addressing the press on November 11, Ogamba noted that once a student is caught in exam malpractice, the invigilator would record the learner’s exam paper’s serial number to determine the source of the malpractice and punish the student.
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