2023 – 2025 EXAMINATIONS SESSIONAL DATES PUBLISHED
EXAMINATIONS COUNCIL OF ZAMBIA
2023 – 2025 SCHOOL EXAMINATIONS SESSIONAL DATES
S/N EXAMINATION LEVEL 2023 2024 2025
- Grade 7 Composite Examination Start: Friday, 27th October, 2023
End: Thursday, 2nd November, 2023
Start: Friday, 25
th October, 2024
End: Thursday, 31st October, 2024
Start: Monday, 27
th October, 2025
End: Friday, 31st October, 2025 - Junior Secondary External
Examination (Grade 9 External)
Start: Wednesday, 26th July, 2023
End: Friday, 4th August, 2023
Start: Wednesday, 24
th July, 2024
End: Friday, 2
and August, 2024
Start: Wednesday, 23
rd July 2025
End: Friday, 1
st August, 2025 - Junior Secondary School Leaving
Examination
(Grade 9 Internal)
Start: Tuesday,21st November, 2023
End: Thursday, 30th November, 2023
Start: Tuesday, 19th November, 2024
End: Thursday, 28th November, 2024
Start: Tuesday, 18
th November, 2025
End: Thursday,27
November, 2025 - General Certificate of Education
(GCE)
Start: Wednesday, 26th July, 2023
End: Friday, 11th August, 2023
Start: Wednesday, 24
th July, 2024
End: Friday, 9
th August 2024
Start: Wednesday, 23
rd July 2025
End: Friday, 8
th August, 2025 - School Certificate Examination
(Grade 12)
Start: Friday, 3rd November, 2023
End: Tuesday, 21st November,
2023
Start: Friday, 1
st November, 2024
End: Tuesday, 19th November, 2024
Start: Friday, 31st October, 2025
End: Tuesday, 18
November, 2025 - Teacher Education Examinations Start: Friday, 10th November, 2023
End: Thursday,30th November,
2023
Start: Friday, 8th November, 2024
End: Thursday, 28th November, 2024
Start: Friday, 7
th November, 2025
End: Thursday,27
th November, 2025
The Examinations Council of Zambia (ECZ) is a corporate body established in 1983 by an Act of Parliament Chapter 137 of the Laws of Zambia with a mandate to conduct Primary and Secondary School, Teacher Training as well as Technical Education Vocational and Entrepreneurship Training Examinations. The ECZ has been in existence as a secretariat since 1987. Functions of the ECZ include among others, conducting examinations and awarding certificates or diplomas to candidates who pass examinations conducted by ECZ.