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School Terms and Holidays for 2024

Published Date: 07 August 2023 02:00 PM

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1. The school year for 2024 for all MOE primary schools (including MOE Kindergartens) and secondary schools will start on Tuesday, 2 January 2024 and end on Friday, 15 November 2024.

School Calendar 2024

MOE KINDERGARTEN (MK), PRIMARY & SECONDARY
Semester I
Term I Tue 2 Jan1 to Fri 8 Mar
Term II Mon 18 Mar to Fri 24 May
Semester II
Term III Mon 24 Jun to Fri 30 Aug
Term IV Mon 9 Sep to Fri 15 Nov2
  1. Primary 1 and Kindergarten 1 will start school on Tuesday, 2 January 2024. Primary 2 to 6 and Kindergarten 2 will start school on Wednesday, 3 January 2024.
  2. The last day of the final school term for schools which will be used as venues for the GCE O-Level written examinations, will be Friday, 25 October 2024.
JUNIOR COLLEGE & MILLENNIA INSTITUTE JC Year 1 & MI Year 1 MI Year 2 JC Year 2 & MI Year 3
Semester I
Term I Fri 2 Feb to Fri 8 Mar Mon 8 Jan to Fri 8 Mar
Term II Mon 18 Mar to Fri 24 May
Semester II
Term III Mon 24 Jun to Fri 30 Aug
Term IV Mon 9 Sep to Fri 22 Nov Mon 9 Sep to end of GCE A-Level examinations

School Vacation 2024

2. The four vacation periods for schools, junior colleges and Millennia Institute for 2024 will be as follows:

MK, PRI & SEC
Between Terms I & II Sat 9 Mar to Sun 17 Mar
Between Semesters I & II Sat 25 May to Sun 23 Jun
Between Terms III & IV Sat 31 Aug to Sun 8 Sep
At End of School Year Sat 16 Nov to Tue 31 Dec

JUNIOR COLLEGE & MILLENNIA INSTITUTE JC Year 1, MI Year 1 & MI Year 2 JC Year 2 & MI Year 3
Between Terms I & II Sat 9 Mar to Sun 17 Mar
Between Semesters I & II Sat 25 May to Sun 23 Jun
Between Terms III & IV Sat 31 Aug to Sun 8 Sep
At End of School Year Sat 23 Nov to Tue 31 Dec End of GCE A-Level examinations to 31 Dec

3. The scheduled school holidays and public holidays for 2024 will be as follows:

Scheduled School Holidays 2024

Youth Day *Sun 30 Jun (The following Mon 1 Jul will be a school holiday)
Teachers’ Day Fri 30 Aug
Children’s Day
(for MKs, primary schools and primary sections of full schools only)		 Fri 4 Oct

Public Holidays 2024

Term I New Year’s Day Mon 1 Jan
Chinese New Year Sat 10 Feb
Sun 11 Feb3
Term II Good Friday Fri 29 Mar
Hari Raya Puasa Wed 10 Apr
Labour Day Wed 1 May
Vesak Day Wed 22 May
Term III Hari Raya Haji Mon 17 Jun
National Day Fri 9 Aug
Term IV Deepavali Thu 31 Oct
Christmas Day Wed 25 Dec
3 Mon, 12 Feb will be a public holiday and Tue, 13 Feb will be a school holiday and a designated day off-in-lieu. Schools will be closed, including the General Office, Student Care Centres and Kindergarten Care (KCare) Centres.

4. The school terms and holidays for 2024 are also listed on the MOE's website at https://www.moe.gov.sg/calendar.