Full 2022 academic calendar for primary, secondary schools

The 2022 academic calendar year is expected to run flawlessly for 8 months to restore the altered Kenyan education system on track. This means shorter holidays and midterm breaks for pupils and students.

Term 1 starter on 25^th April 2022 and will go on for 10 weeks and will end on 1^st July 2022. There will be a three-day midterm running from 26^th May to 29^th May.

The first term holiday will begin on 2^nd July 2022 and will go for only 1 week after which students are expected to report back to schools for resumption of schools on 10^th July 2022.

KCPE graduates looking forward to joining form 1 are expected to report to high schools from 3^rd May 2022.

Term 2 will start on 11^th July 2022 and will go for 10 weeks. This means that schools close their second term on 16^th September 2022.

The half-term break will start from 11^th August to 14^th August, a period of three days only. As from 17^th September, students proceed for a 1 week holiday which ends on 25^th September.

Term 3 will be expected to start on 26^th September 2022 and end on 25^th November 2022, a shorter 9 weeks period compared to the other terms.

The week deficit in the third term is owed to schools not being allowed to have any half-term breaks for the third term.

KCPE examinations for the year 2022 will commence on 28^th November 2022 and will end on 1^st of December 2022.

KCSE examinations will begin on 1^st December 2022 and will end on 23^rd December 2022.

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