School calendar: Final TWO weeks of holidays

Pupils in South Africa are nearing the end of their December / January school holidays and will soon be back at their desks for the new year.

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The 2024 school year will begin on Wednesday, 17 January, meaning that at the time of publishing there are only two weeks remaining.

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As reported by The South African website, in a change from previous years, all public schools – both inland and at the coast – will follow the same term calendar in 2024.

There is no longer a difference between inland and coastal schools breaking up and returning to school as was previously the case.

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To note: Inland provinces are the Free State, Gauteng, Limpopo, Mpumalanga and North West, while the coastal provinces are the Eastern Cape, KwaZulu-Natal, Northern Cape and Western Cape.

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The Department of Basic Education’s 2024 school calendar shows that next year will comprise of 203 school days across four terms, which is four more days than was the case in 2023.

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Dates for the 2024 public school terms are as follows:

• Term 1: 17 January to 20 March (46 days)
• Term 2: 3 April to 14 June (52 days)
• Term 3: 9 July to 20 September (53 days)
• Term 4: 1 October to 11 December (52 days)

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