Education Principal Secretary Belio Kipsang has maintained the ban on social activities in schools, including prayer days and school visits, during the third term.
The PS has ordered strict enforcement of the ban by schools.
“The purpose of this circular is to ask you to enforce the directive by ensuring that schools do not conduct any of these activities. Please bring the content of these circular to the attention of all schools under your jurisdiction.”
The Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) will commence on October 22 and conclude on November 22, the Kenya Primary School Education Assessment (KPSEA) will begin on October 28 and end on November 20, while the Kenya Intermediate Level Education Assessment (KILEA) examinations between October 28 and October 31, 2024.
The former Cabinet Secretary for Education Fred Matiang’i banned all social activities in the third term including prayer days, visiting, half term breaks, sports, prize-giving ceremonies and annual general meetings this is in efforts to cut contact between candidates and outsiders in May 2016.
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This was in a bid to contain cheating during the Kenya Certificate of Primary Education (KCPE) and the KCSE examinations.
Matiang’i said the prayer days during the last academic term are used as avenues for exchanging materials, which are later used by candidates in cheating during KCPE and KCSE examinations.
