All Schools to Prepare For Earlier Term 3 Closure as directed by MoE .
Normally, the school calendar for term 3 three in all years tend to be shorter that term one and term two hence closure of schools is expected to be earlier than usual.
For instance,2023 term 1 covered a duration of 13 weeks. Term two Alo had a period of 14 consecutive weeks.
For term 3 , 2023, there are only 9 weeks to be spent in school as the remaining time will covered in the national Examinations.
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Term 3 , 2023 Term Dates
- Term 3 started on August 28th and is expected to run up to October 27, 2023.
- I’m this term, there will be no half term break for both teachers and the learners across all schools.
- For the learners not taking National Exams, December holiday starts from October 28, 2023 to January 8, 2024.
2023 Official National Examinations Period:
- The 2023 KCPE and KPSEA national Examinations will be taken as follows : For the KCPE candidates and Grade Six learners (KPSEA) , their Knec exams from October 30, 2023 and ends on November 2, 2023.
- With the 2023 KCSE examinations , it will start on November 3, 2023 and end on November 24, 2023.
- Equally, all the marking of National Exams are expected to end by December 15, 2023.
KNEC FINAL 2023 SCHOOL CALENDAR
Official 2023 TERM DATES FOR ALL LEARNERS
Activity | school Opening Dates | school Closing Dates | Period/Duration taken |
Term 1 | 23/1/2023 | 21/4/2023 | 13 weeks |
Half-term Break | 16/3/2023 | 19/3/2023 | 3 days |
Holiday | 22/4/2023 | 7/5/2023 | 2 weeks |
Term 2 | 8/5/2023 | 11/8/2023 | 14 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 | 27/10/2023 | 9 weeks |
KCPE & KPSEA | 30/10/2023 | 02/11/2023 | 4 days |
KCSE | 03/11/2023 | 24/11/2023 | 3 weeks |
KCSE MARKING | 27/11/2023 | 15/12/2023 |
All Schools to Prepare For Earlier Term 3 Closure as directed by MoE