GES Drops Official 2024/2025 Academic Calendar For Second Cycle Institutions; more details about incoming 1st years students
GES Drops Official 2024/2025 Academic Calendar For Second Cycle Institutions; more details about incoming 1st years students
The Management of the Ghana Education Service (GES) has dropped a statement to inform Heads of all Second Cycle Institutions about the 2024/2025 academic calendar which they need to follow accordingly.
According to the statement released by GES and sighted by gespages.com, the academic year begins on Wednesday, 30th October, 2024 for all Second Cycle Institutions. Please note that the current first year students in Transitional Calendar schools will end their 2023/2024 academic year on Monday, 28th October, 2024 and be promoted to Form two (2) and continue with the new academic year immediately.
They further stated that all incoming first year students for Single Track and Transitional Schools will also begin school on Wednesday, 30th October, 2024. Additionally, all continuing students in Single Track Schools will re-open for the new academic year on Wednesday, 30th October, 2024.
Also, this reopening date aims to ensure that the school calendar reverts to a September start in the coming years and students will be able to write their 2024/2025 WASSCE in May/June 2025.
By a copy of this letter, Regional Directors are directed to communicate to all Heads of Second Cycle Institutions to ensure full implementation.
2024/2025 ACADEMIC CALENDAR FOR SECOND CYCLE INSTITUTIONS
| 2024/25 TRANSITIONAL ACADEMIC CALENDAR | ||||
| FORM | IN SCHOOL | BREAK/OUT OF SCHOOL | ||
| 3 | 3rd Jan., 2025 | 16th April, 2025 | 17th April, 2025 | 22nd April, 2025 |
| 23rd April, 2025 | 29th Aug., 2025 | END OF ACADEMIC YEAR | ||
| 2 | 30th Oct., 2024 | 5th Dec., 2024 | 6th Dec., 2024 | 9th Feb., 2025 |
| 10th Feb., 2025 | 23rd May, 2025 | 24th May, 2025 | 27th July, 2025 | |
| 28th July, 2025 | 17th Oct., 2025 | END OF ACADEMIC YEAR | ||
| 1 | 30th Oct., 2024 | 7th Feb., 2025 | 8th Feb., 2025 | 25th May, 2025 |
| 26th May, 2025 | 25th July, 2025 | 26th July, 2025 | 30th Aug., 2025 | |
| 31st Aug., 2025 | 17th Oct., 2025 | END OF ACADEMIC YEAR | ||
| BREAK FOR ELIGIBLE VOTERS: 5th– 9th DEC., 2024; CHRISTMAS BREAK: 20th DEC., 2024 – 2nd JAN., 2025 | ||||
| 2024/25 SINGLE TRACK ACADEMIC CALENDAR | ||||
| FORM | IN SCHOOL | BREAK/OUT OF SCHOOL | ||
| 3 | 30th Oct., 2024 | 5th March, 2025 | 6th March, 2024 | 29th March, 2024 |
| 30th March, 2025 | 29th Aug., 2025 | END OF ACADEMIC YEAR | ||
| 2 | 30th Oct., 2024 | 5th March, 2025 | 6th March, 2024 | 29th March, 2024 |
| 30th March, 2025 | 29th Aug., 2025 | END OF ACADEMIC YEAR | ||
| 1 | 30th Oct., 2024 | 5th March, 2025 | 6th March, 2024 | 29th March, 2024 |
| 30th March, 2025 | 29th Aug., 2025 | END OF ACADEMIC YEAR | ||
| BREAK FOR ELIGIBLE VOTERS: 5th-9th DEC., 2024; CHRISTMAS BREAK: 20th DEC., 2024 – 2nd JAN., 2025 | ||||
2024/2025 Academic Calendar for KG/PRIMARY AND JHS
| LEVEL | FIRST TERM (14 Weeks) | SECOND TERM (14 Weeks) | THIRD TERM (12 Weeks) | ||||||||
| IN SCHOOL | VACATION | IN SCHOOL | VACATION | IN SCHOOL | VACATION | ||||||
| JHS 3 | 10th Sept. 2024 | 19th Dec., 2024 | 20th Dec., 2024 | 7th Jan., 2025 | 8th Jan., 2025 | 17th April, 2025 | 18th April, 2025 | 5th May, 2025 | 6th May, 2025 | BECE IN JULY 2025 | END OF ACADEMIC YEAR |
| KG – JHS 2 | 10th Sept. 2024 | 19th Dec., 2024 | 20th Dec., 2024 | 7th Jan., 2025 | 8th Jan., 2025 | 17th April, 2025 | 18th April, 2025 | 5th May, 2025 | 6th May, 2025 | 24th July, 2025 | END OF ACADEMIC YEAR |
