The 2025 school calendar for South African public schools includes three additional ‘special school holidays’.
The 2025 school calendar for South African public schools, released by the Department of Basic Education, includes an extra three holidays, i.e. special school holidays.The 2025 school year will start on 15 January 2025 and end on 12 December 2025.There will be 27 standard school holidays next year. That is two more than this year. Despite this, the total number of school holidays is still fewer than in previous years. However, unlike this year, next year will have three special school holidays.
The 2025 school calendar includes six official public holidays compared to the two this year. This is because most public holidays in 2024 were/are during school holidays.For next year, the DBE and relevant stakeholders have agreed to grant learners and teachers a special school holiday for Freedom Day, which falls on Sunday, 27 April 2025. Schools will be closed on the following Monday, the 28During that same week, Worker’s Day falls on Thursday, 1 May 2025.
The regulations also include that school buildings built from mud, asbestos, metal, and/or wood, must be replaced with structures that comply with the regulations. Additionally, schools must ensure that they have adequate perimeter fencing. Previously, schools had up to 18 months to meet some of the stipulated requirements. However, the government has reduced this to 12 months, meaning schools have until the end of next year to comply.
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