Advance Publishing of Dates for School Terms and Holidays

Mr Lim Biow Chuan asked the Minister for Education whether the Ministry is able to publish the dates of school terms and school holidays one year in advance.

Mr Heng Swee Keat: Currently, the school terms and holiday dates for the following year are released in the third quarter of the current year. The release of the school terms and holiday dates includes information, such as:

(a) School terms for Primary and Secondary Schools, Junior Colleges and Millennia Institute;

(b) School holidays for Primary and Secondary Schools, Junior Colleges and Millennia Institute;

(c) Listing of scheduled school holidays, for example, Youth Day, Children’s Day; and

(d) Listing of public holidays.

The arrangement of the school terms and holidays incorporates the public holiday dates which are provided by MOM only in the second quarter of the year and factors in the schedule of the national examinations and the release of their results.

As such, MOE is only able to release the schedule of school terms and holiday dates for the following year in the third quarter of the current year.