The Ministry of Education earlier released the 2024 academic school calendar for pre-primary, primary, secondary schools.
According to the calendar, the third term for all schools commenced on Monday August 26 and will run for nine weeks, concluding on October 25. This follows a three-week holiday that students enjoyed from August 5.
After the third term is over, schools will then proceed for the December Holiday from October 26 to January 3 for a period of ten weeks.
Learners will sit for the Kenya Primary School Education Assessment (KPSEA), the Kenya Intermediate Level Education Assessment (KILEA) and the Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE).
However, this marks the first time in over 30 years that the Kenya Certificate of Primary Education (KCPE) will not be conducted and has not featured in the school calendar.
This follows the phase-out of the 8-4-4 education system at the primary school level with the introduction of the Competence Based Curriculum.
The 2023 cohort was the last lot of learners to sit the KCPE exams.
School Calendar for KPSEA and KILEA Examinations Dates
For the Special Needs candidates following the Stage-Based Pathway, the KILEA examinations will take place from October 28 to October 31, 2024.
Meanwhile, these candidates will write four papers, starting with Communication, Social and Literacy Skills on the first day, followed by Daily Living Skills and Religious Education on the second day.
On the third day, they will complete Sensory Motor Integration and Creative Activities.
According to the school calendar, the exams will conclude on October 31 with Numeracy, Environmental, and Psychomotor Activities.
At the end of this assessment, schools shall be required to upload learners’ performance into the KNEC CBA portal and submit the hard copies of the school’s summary assessment score sheet for each paper.
Commencement of KCSE Exams
Following KPSEA and KILEA, the KCSE exams will commence on November 4, 2024, and conclude on November 22, 2024, covering a period of three weeks.
The candidates will have their rehearsal on October 18, 2024, with oral, practical and foreign paper on October 22, 2024, to November 1, 2024.
The examination will commence officially on November 4 with English Paper One Functional Writing being the first session. Chemistry Paper One will be the next in the afternoon.
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According to the timetable, first session papers will be held in the morning hours of between 8am to around 10.30am depending on the duration of the paper, with a break from 10.30 am to 2pm.
Second session papers will be conducted in the afternoon from 2.00pm to around 4pm or 4.30pm.
The examination will end on November 22, 2024, with Physics paper three, Practical.
A total of 965,501 candidates have registered for the 2024 KCSE examination, compared to the 903,264 candidates who sat the examination in 2023, recording a 6.89 per cent increase.
Also to note, the Kenya National Examination Council (KNEC) on August 11 announced a raft of changes to the KCSE exam papers effective 2024 to curb exam cheating.
KNEC CEO David Njeng’ere said students who will sit for the 2024 KCSE examination will have their papers customize where their names, index number and other personal details will be pre-printed on the papers.
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