The Ministry of Education through the office of Principal Secretary State Department of Basic Education has announced the 2025 academic term dates.
It contains term dates, half term and examination dates for the Kenya Primary School Education Assessment (KPSEA), Kenya Intermediate Level Education Assessment (KILEA), Kenya Junior School Education Assessment (KJSEA), Kenya Prevocational Level Education Assessment (KPLEA) and Kenya Certificate of Secondary School Education (KCSE).
Schools will reopen for Term 1 on January 6 and close on April 4 after 13 weeks of learning.
April holidays
In between, there will be a five-day half term running from February 26 to March 2. Three-week April holidays will take place on April 7-25.
The calendar shows that schools will reopen on April 28 for Term 2 with learners allocated 14-week learning period that will conclude on August 1.
The learners will proceed for their five-day half term on June 25-29.
Three-week August holiday runs from August 4 to August 22.Learners will report back to school for Term 3 on August 25 for a nine-week learning period that will end on October 24.
The calendar shows that all national exams will commence on October 27 save for KCSE, which will start on November 3 and end on November 21.
KPSEA will be held for four days until October 30. Candidates will sit KILEA for five days until October 31. KJSEA and KPLEA will last for nine days until November 6.
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December holidays will run from 27 October at the onset of the national exams and assessments until January 2, 2026.
More than 1.3 million learners are the pioneer class of the Competency-Based Curriculum and will be doing the final year of Junior school in 2025.
The group will sit the inaugural Kenya Intermediate Level Education Assessment (KILEA) to enable them transition to Senior School.
By Felix Wanderi
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