Basic school children nationwide are expected to return to school today, September 10, 2024, for the commencement of the 2024/2025 academic year.
This is the first time, post-COVID, that first-cycle students are officially beginning the academic year in September, as was the case previously.
Per the 2024/2025 academic calendar released by the Ghana Education Service (GES), the pupils will spend 15 weeks for the first term, which officially starts on September 10, 2024.
The term will end on December 18, 2024, with schools vacating on December 19, 2024.
The second term of the academic year will resume on January 7, 2025, and last till Wednesday, April 16, 2025.
The students and pupils will then go on vacation on Thursday, April 17, 2025, having spent another 15 weeks in school.
Schools will again reopen for the third term on Tuesday, May 6, 2025, until July 24, 2025, to end the academic year.
In all, the schoolchildren will spend 12 weeks in the third term.
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