Govt Announces 2025 School Calendar

Govt Announces New School Calendar

The Ministry of Education (MoE) has released the official 2025 academic school calendar, detailing term dates, holidays, and national examinations for primary and secondary schools.

In the circular issued on Thursday, November 28, all schools are set to reopen for the first term on January 6, 2025.

The first term will run for 13 weeks and schools will thereafter close on April 4.

Students will then proceed for half-term break for five days, from February 26 to March 2.

High School students scrambling for a matatu. PHOTO/Nation

2025 School Calendar

Following that, they will resume studies and thereafter proceed to the first-term holiday from April 7 to April 25, a period of three weeks.

Education Principal Secretary Belio Kipsang confirmed that the second term for the 2025 academic year will commence on April 28.

During this term, students will study for 14 weeks before proceeding to the second-term holiday, which is scheduled to begin on August 1, 2025.

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The August holiday will then run from August 4 to August 22 before schools reopening for the third and final term.

Third term will start on August 25, and will run for nine weeks, closing on October 24.

Assessments and Examinations

National exams and assessments for the 2025 academic year are set to begin with the Kenya Primary School Education Assessment (KPSEA), which will run from October 21 to October 24.

This will be followed by the Kenya Intermediate Level Education Assessment (KILEA), scheduled from October 27 to October 31.

The Kenya Junior School Education Assessment (KJSEA) and Kenya Pre-Vocational Level Education Assessment (KPLEA) will take place from October 27 to November 6.

The Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) exams will commence on November 3 and conclude on November 21.

Following the completion of the exams, students will proceed on a 10-week holiday starting October 27, which will run until January 2, 2026.

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Schools Opening and Closing Dates

ACTIVITY	Opening	Closing	Duration
TERM 1	6TH JANUARY 2025	4TH APRIL 2025	13 WEEKS
HALFTERM	26TH FEBRUARY 2025	2ND MARCH 2025	5 DAYS
APRIL HOLIDAY	7TH APRIL 2025	25TH APRIL 2025	3 WEEKS
TERM 2	28TH APRIL 2025	1ST AUGUST 2025	14 WEEKS
HALFTERM	25TH JUNE 2025	29TH JUNE 2025	5 DAYS
AUGUST HOLIDAY	4TH AUGUST 2025	22ND AUGUST 2025	3 WEEKS
TERM 3	25TH AUGUST 2025	24TH OCTOBER 2025	9 WEEKSA
KPSEA	27TH OCTOBER 2025	30TH OCTOBER 2025	4 DAYS
KILEA	27TH OCTOBER 2025	31ST NOVEMBER 2025	5 DAYS
KJSEA $ KPLEA	27TH OCTOBER 2025	6TH NOVEMBER 2025	9 DAYS
KCSE	3RD NOVEMBER 2025	21ST NOVEMBER 2025	3 WEEKS
DECEMBER HOLIDAY	27TH OCTOBER 2025	2ND JANUARY 2026	10 WEEKS