The Department of Basic Education has gazetted new school calendars.
The Department of Basic Education has gazetted the confirmed and proposed school calendars for 2025 and 2026, respectively, featuring a significant change in start dates.
Public schools in South Africa follow a staggered opening structure each year, with inland schools – Gauteng, Free State, Mpumalanga, Limpopo and the North West – starting classes around a week earlier than coastal schools in KwaZulu Natal and the Western, Eastern and Northern Cape. Inland schools started on 11 January 2023 this year, while coastal schools started a week later, on 18 January. Both regions end at the same time, however, with the school terms normalising from term two. Coastal regions make up the lost week by ending term one a week later.schools in both coastal and inland regions to start and end at the same timeThe newly gazetted and confirmed school calendar for 2025 will see all schools start on 15 January 2025, and end on 10 December 2025.
The calendar makes room for 199 school days, 27 school holidays, and ten public and special holidays during school terms.22 July to 3 OctoberThe 2026 calendar, which is now open for public comment, proposes a start date for all schools on 14 January 2026, ending on 9 December 2026. In 2026, the calendar makes provision for 200 school days, 27 school holidays and seven public and special holidays during school terms.21 July to 2 OctoberAll interested persons and organisations are invited to comment on the Proposed 2026 School Calendar, in writing, and direct the comments to the Director-General for Department of Basic
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