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Education Ministry releases 2020 term dates/ calendar for all schools and Teacher Training Colleges; Opening date for term one will be January 6, 2020 and half term break squeezed

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The Ministry of Education has announced new term dates for the 2020 academic year. In a circular dated 6th September, 2019 , and written by the Principal Secretary, Dr. Belio R. Kipsang, all pre-primary and Primary schools shall open 0n 06/01/2020 for term one. Secondary schools shall also re-open on the same date.

In the Circular sent to all Regional Directors of Education, there shall be 14 weeks in both term one and two for Pre-Primary and Primary schools; a similar number of weeks will be applied in secondary schools. All half terms shall now be at the same time for both Primary and Secondary schools. In a new development half terms for both term one and two have been reduced by two days each to presumably recover the days lost in term 3, this year. This is after the opening date for term three was pushed ahead by one week to allow smooth execution of the 2019 National Housing and Population Census exercise.

Just like it was this year there will be no half term break in third term of 2020.

Here are the 2020 term dates for schools.

Pre-Primary and Primary schools 2020 Term dates

ActivityOpening DateClosing DateNo of Weeks
Term 16/1/202010/4/202014
Half Term17/2/202021/2/2020–
Term24/5/20207/8/202014
Half Term15/6/202019/6/2020–
Term 331/8/202030/10/20209
KCPE Exam2/11/20205/11/20201
Total Weeks––38

Secondary Schools 2020 Term Dates

ActivityOpening DateClosing DateNo of Weeks
Term 16/1/202010/4/202014
Half Term17/2/202021/2/2020–
Term 24/5/20207/8/202014
Half Term15/6/202019/6/2020–
Term 331/8/202030/10/202010
KCSE Exam6/11/202030/11/20203
Total Weeks––41

2020 Academic Year Term dates for Teacher Training Colleges

ActivityOpening DateClosing DateNo of Weeks
Term 17/1/202010/4/202014
Term 24/5/20207/8/202014
Term 31/9/202013/11/202011
Total Weeks__39
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CS Magoha to announce the schools’ re-opening dates, calendar tomorrow

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Education cabinet secretary prof George Magoha is expected to announce final plans on reopening of schools and the 2020 schools’ calendar on Tuesday morning. A note from the ministry to the press indicated that the they had settled on a plan of action.

“Education CS George Magoha will announce the schedule for reopening of learning institutions tomorrow at 9.30am at the Kenya Institute of Curriculum Development (KICD),” reads the note from the ministry.

While making his state of the nation address on Monday, president Uhuru Kenyatta directed that the education ministry release the guidelines as soon as possible. He said the ministry officials were meeting with stake holders and an announcement would be made any time; but not later than Tuesday July 7, 2020.

“The ministry of education will release guidelines by Tuesday July, 2020 on the way forward on the school calendar.” Said the head of state.

On Monday, CS Magoha was holed up in a meeting with officials from the Kenya Secondary Schools Heads Association, KESSHA and those from the Kenya Primary Schools Heads Association (KEPSHA) on the way forward.

RE-OPENING CONDITIONS

It is highly expected that institutions of higher learning and candidate classes will be given first priority if institutions of higher learning are to be re-opened any time soon.

The ministry has set irreducible minimums that have to be met before learners are accepted back to class. These include provision of adequate facilities to ease congestion and thermo guns to monitor temperature of students and teachers.

Also to be availed are masks for all learners plus continuous running water for hand washing.

According to CS Magoha, all teachers will undergo mandatory testing for Covid-19 before being allowed to handle learners.

The CS had earlier indicated that recommendations from the ministry would be made public on Monday. This never happened; a clear indication that the head of state may have overlooked the proposals.

CS Magoha has been sending strong signals that schools may be shut longer due to the increased rates of Covid-19 infections.

EASED RESTRICTIONS

The president seems to be having a different idea; that of resuming learning in September. All eyes will be on CS Magoha as he strives to draft the best re-opening formula.

On Monday, the president eased travel restrictions into and out of places that had earlier been locked down. Nairobi, Mombasa and Mandera had been locked as they had recorded high cases of the killer disease.

Places of worship have also been re-opened but only a maximum of 100 participants will be allowed at a time with kids under the age of 13 and those aged 58 years and above still barred.

The dusk to dawn curfew has at the same time been extended for a further 30 days. Also extended is the prohibition of political and any other gatherings. The number of individuals allowed to attend weddings and burial ceremonies will remain limited for another one month.

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Education Ministry asks Secondary schools to make changes to the online joining instructions for 2020 form ones’ admission letters

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The Ministry of Education has instructed school principals to make necessary changes to their earlier joining instructions and admission letters in readiness for admission of the 2020 form ones. Via a circular dated September 11, 2019 and done by the Ministry’s Mrs Margaret Muandale (For the Principal Secretary), the school Principals are expected to make changes on the admission letters ahead of the 2020 form one admission exercise to be done in January, 2020.

“This year all the schools are required to make changes of their previous letters through an online tool to reflect joining instructions for the year 2020,” reads the circular; in part. Get Full the Circular here: MOE Circular on editing of the 2020 form one admission letters

How to change the 2020 form one admission details

According to the Circular, school Principals are expected to follow the procedure below in order to make necessary changes to the 2020 Form ones’ online joining instructions:

  1. Use the link below to check whether your joining instructions are in the system.
    Click here to edit your schools’ 2020 form one joining instructions and admission letters
  2. Select County and Sub-County of your School, then Select your School.
  3. If the system prompts you to sign in, use your school email address (Gmail Account)
  4. If your letter is in the system, edit the information to the new changes for joining instructions 2020,
    NB Do not edit the first page apart from changing the year to 2020.

“In case the school’s joining instructions is missing, the system will prompt the principal to upload the instructions in the system from your computer,” advises Mrs Muandale.

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The Ministry adopted the online system of selecting and admitting form ones this year. During this year’s admission process which started on 7th January, 2019 all learners were processed through NEMIS (National Education Management Information System). When a student arrived for admission, they presented their joining letters and verification of existences in the system was done. This same process is expected to be in play next year as the Ministry fully automates the selection process.

The Ministry of Education early this year directed all the 2019 Kenya Certificate of Primary Education, KCPE, candidates to revise their form one choices by August, 2019. This is opposed to the earlier dispensation where candidates switched schools after announcement of the KCPE results.

This year, it is only Private and Sub- County schools that were allowed to select their form one students manually. While, County, Extra County and National schools had placement of their form ones done electronically at the National Education Management Information System, NEMIS.

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Knec yet to open the 2020 KCSE, KCPE registration portals as deadline nears

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The Kenya National Examinations Council, knec, is yet to open the registration portals for the 2020 national tests. The council via an earlier circular had directed schools to register the 2020 candidates for the Kenya Certificate of Primary Education, KCPE, and Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education Education, KCSE, exams for the 2018 class seven and form threes; respectively.

“The registration of candidates for the 2020 KCPE, KCSE and KCSE QT (Qualifying Test) examinations will start from 2nd September 2019 and end on 30th September, 2019,” reads the knec circular; in part.
Also to be registered are candidates for the 2020 Qualifying Test.

But with the 30th September deadline fast approaching, the council is yet to open the registration portal so as the candidates’ details can be uploads. A spot check on the portal shows that only the numbers of the current form threes and Class seven learners can be fed onto the system.

Knec silent on proceedings

The Council is yet to offer any explanation as to the fate of the registration exercise. This is the first time that the Council is enlisting candidates for exams with more than one year to spare. Usually, the registration exercise is done between January and February. The fate of the registration exercise hangs on a balance as schools await further official communication from knec.

2019 Exams

This year’s Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education, KCSE, Exams are expected to kickoff proper on Monday November 4, 2019 and end on Wednesday November 27, 2019. On the other hand, the Kenya Certificate of Primary Education (KCPE) exams will commence on Tuesday 29th October, 2019 and end on Thursday 31st October, 2019.

According to the data released by the Exams Council, a total of 1.35 Million candidates have registered for the KCPE and KCSE exams this year. Those registered for KCPE stand at 801,963 in 21,426 centres countrywide; 402,161 are boys while 399,801 are girls. For the KCSE exams, 556,637 candidates have been registered in 8,861 centres countrywide. Of this number, 282,252 are boys and 274,384 girls.

KNEC to schools- You have up to September 30, 2019, to register candidates for the 2020 KCPE, KCSE and KCSE QT examinations

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