SINGAPORE: The 2025 school year for all Ministry of Education (MOE) kindergartens, primary and secondary schools will begin on Jan 2 and end on Nov 21.
Students in Kindergarten 2 and from Primary 2 to 6 will report to school a day later on Jan 3, similar to arrangements in previous years, the ministry said on Monday (Aug 12).
Those entering their first year in junior colleges and Millennia Institute (MI) will start on Feb 5, with the rest of the junior college and MI students starting earlier on Jan 13.
VACATION PERIODS
There are four vacation periods for schools, JCs and MI in 2025.
For MOE kindergartens (MK), primary and secondary schools, the first vacation period starts on Mar 15 and ends on Mar 23. The second begins May 31 and ends on Jun 29, the third from Sep 6 to Sep 14 and the fourth from Nov 22 to Dec 31.
Junior colleges and MI share the first three vacation periods as primary and secondary schools.
However, the final vacation period for junior college students in Year 1 and MI students in Year 1 and 2 will be from Nov 29 to Dec 31.
Junior college students in Year 2 and MI students in Year 3 will have their vacation period from the end of the A-Level examinations to Dec 31.
There will also be three scheduled school holidays in 2025:
- Youth Day: Jul 6 (As the holiday falls on a Sunday, the following Monday, Jul 7 will be a scheduled school holiday)
- Teachers’ Day: Sep 5
- Children’s Day: Oct 3 (for primary schools and primary sections of full schools only)
The school terms and holidays for 2025 can also be found on MOE’s website.
