calendar for the academic year 2024/2024
calendar for the academic year 2024/2024
In all government and private schools under the Ministry of Basic Education and the Ministry of Secondary Education, the 2024/2025 school year shall begin on Monday, September 9, 2024 at 7:30 a.m. and ends on Thursday , July 31, 2025 at 3:30 p.m
(1) During this school year, teaching/learning activities shall be done through face-to–face and/or through distance learning.
(2) Face–to-face teaching/learning activities are those organised onsite in schools, for learners of the same or different educational level, as the case may be.
(3) Distance teaching/learning activities shall be implemented in four ways:
teach ng/learning activities via Internet;
• teaching/learning activities via radio;
• teaching/learning activities via television;
• teaching/learning activities using self–study booklets for the benefit of
students in disadvantaged areas where there is no access to the internet or
radio and television signals.
(1) The aforementioned school year shall be divided into terms.
(2) It comprises two breaks of two (02) weeks each.
ARTICLE 4.– (1) Break or holiday periods are defined as follows:
from Friday 20 December 2024 at 03.30 pm;
to Monday 06 January 2025 at 07.30 am.
from Friday 04 April 2025 at 03.30 pm;
to Tuesday 22 April 2025 at 07.30am.
– 1st break:
– 2nd break:
(2) Holidays for boarding students end the day before the start of the
school year, before 6.00 p.m.
ARTICLE 5.– (1) Official examinations shall take place as follows:
• from Monday 12 May to Friday 25 July 2025, for Basic Education;
• from Wednesday 14 May to Thursday 31 July 2025, for Secondary Education.
(2) The dates on which these examinations take place shall be set
and communicated to the Education Community by specific texts issued by the
| Minister of Basic Education and the Minister of Secondary respective areas of competence |
A number of days of particular interest to our education system
shall be celebrated, as shown in the table below:
| DATE Sunday 08 September 2024 Saturday 05 October 2024 |
DAYS International Literacy Day World Teachers’ Day |
National Day for the Promotion of Didactic Materials
Made from Local and/or Recovered Materials
International Hand washing Day
Friday 11 October 2024
Tuesday 15 October 2024
Friday 18 October 2024 National Guidance–Counselling Day
Thursday 21 November 2024 World Philosophy Day
From Monday 27 January to Monday
03 February 2025 Bilingualism Week
From Wednesday 05 to Tuesday 11
February 2025 Youth Week
Friday 21 February 2025 International Mother Language Day
| Friday 07 March 2025 From Thursday 13 to Friday 14 March 2025 Monday 10 March 2025 |
National Day of Arts and Cultures in Schools |
| “Open Business Days” Commonwealth Day |
|
| Thurday 20 March 2025 Thursday 05 July 2025 |
International Francophonie Day World Environment Day |
ARTICLE 29.– Epreuve zero/mock examinations for secondary education (CEPblanc/Mock FSLC) shall be held nationwide on Thursday 24 and Friday 25 April
2025.
ARTICLE 30.– Sports and Physical Education practical part for official examinations
shall be carried out nationwide from Monday 28 April to Friday 16 May 2025.
