SINGAPORE: Primary 1, Kindergarten 1 and secondary school students at Ministry of Education [MOE] schools will begin the 2023 school year on Jan 3, the ministry said on Wednesday [Oct 19].
Students in Kindergarten 2 and from Primary 2 to 6 will report to school a day later, similar to arrangements in 2021 and 2022.
“While this move was introduced as part of measures to safeguard the well-being of the school community during the COVID-19 pandemic, the arrangements have worked well in helping the younger students ease into their new school environment on the first school day,” the ministry said in a release.
It added that the arrangement will continue to be in place moving forward.
The school year for primary and secondary levels will end on Nov 17.
The last school day for schools that will be used as venues for the GCE O-Level written examinations will be earlier, on Oct 27.
Meanwhile, first year students at junior colleges and Millenia Institute [MI] will start the school year on Feb 3 and end it on Nov 24.
The rest of the junior college and MI students will follow on Jan 9, and their school year will conclude with the end of the GCE A-Level examinations.
All schools will have four vacation periods. They are as follows:
There will also be four scheduled school holidays for the 2023 school year: Youth Day, the day after National Day, Teachers’ Day and Children’s Day.
The dates are as follows:
2023 School holidays and term dates for Primary & Secondary Schools
It is never too early to plan for the holidays.
MOE releases the dates for the school holidays for 2023. Use this to start planning for 2023!
We have colour-code it, so it is easier to reference for Public Holidays, School Holidays and School Terms.
Event | Date | Remarks |
New Year’s Day | Sunday, 01 Jan 2023 | Public Holiday |
Day after NYD | Monday, 02 Jan 2023 | Public Holiday |
Term 1 [Primary &Secondary] | Tues, 3 Jan 2023– Friday,10 Mar 2023 | School Term |
Chinese New Year | Sunday 22 Jan 2023 – Monday 23 Jan 2023 | Public Holiday |
Day after Chinese New Year | Tues, 24 Jan 2023 | Public Holiday |
Term 1 School Holidays [Primary & Secondary] | Monday, 11 Mar 2023 – Friday, 19 May 2023 | School Holidays |
Term 2 [Primary & Secondary] | Monday, 20 Mar 2023 – Friday, 26 May 2023 | School Term |
Good Friday | Friday, 7 Apr 2023 | Public Holidays |
Hari Raya Puasa | Saturday, 22 Apr 2023 | Public Holidays |
Day off-in-lieu for Hari Raya Puasa | Monday, 24 Apr 2023 | School Holidays |
Labour Day | Monday,1 May 2023 | Public Holidays |
Term 2 School Holidays [Primary & Secondary] | Saturday 27 May -Sunday 25 Jun 2023 | School Holidays |
Vesak Day | Friday, 2 Jun 2023 | Public Holidays |
Term 3 [Primary & Secondary] | Monday,26 Jun 2023 – Friday 1 Sep 2023 | School Term |
Hari Raya Haji | Thursday, 29 Jun 2023 | Public Holidays |
Youth Day | Sunday, 2 Jul 2023 | School Holidays |
Day After Youth Day | Monday, 3 Jul 2023 | School Holidays |
National Day | Wednesday, 9 Aug 2023 | Public Holidays |
Date After National Day | Thursday, 10 Aug 2023 | School Holidays |
Teacher’s Day | Friday, 1 Sep 2023 | School Holidays |
Term 3 School Holidays [Primary & Secondary] | Saturday,2 Sep 2023 – Sunday, 10 Sep 2023 | School Holidays |
Term 4 [Primary & Secondary] | Monday, 11 Sep 2023- Friday, 17 Nov 2023 | School Term |
Children’s Day [Primary] | Friday, 6 Oct 2023 | School Holidays |
Deepavali | Sunday, 12 Nov 2023 | Public Holidays |
Day After Deepavali | Monday, 13 Nov 2023 | Public Holidays |
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