1. The school year for 2023 for all MOE primary schools (including MOE Kindergartens) and secondary schools will start on Tuesday, 3 January 2023 and end on Friday, 17 November 2023.
First Day of School Arrangements
2. Similar to the arrangements in 2021 and 2022, Primary 1 and Kindergarten 1 students in primary schools and MOE Kindergartens will report on the first day of school on 3 Jan 2023. Primary 2 to 6 and Kindergarten 2 students will report
to school on 4 Jan 2023.
3. 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, and will continue to be in place moving forward.
School Calendar 2023
PRIMARY & SECONDARY
Semester I
Term I
Tue 3 Jan1 to Fri 10 Mar
Term II
Mon 20 Mar to Fri 26 May
Semester II
Term III
Mon 26 Jun to Fri 1 Sep
Term IV
Mon 11 Sep to Fri 17 Nov2
1 Primary 1 and Kindergarten 1 will start school on Tuesday, 3 January 2023. Primary 2 to 6 and Kindergarten 2 will start school on Wednesday, 4 January 2023.
2 The last day of the final school term for schools which will be used as venues for the GCE O-Level written examinations, will be Friday, 27 October 2023.
JUNIOR COLLEGE (JC) Year 1 & MILLENNIA INSTITUTE (MI) Year 1
MI Year 2
JC Year 2 & MI Year 3
Semester I
Term I
Fri 3 Feb to Fri 10 Mar
Mon 9 Jan to Fri 10 Mar
Term II
Mon 20 Mar to Fri 26 May
Semester II
Term III
Mon 26 Jun to Fri 1 Sep
Term IV
Mon 11 Sep to Fri 24 Nov
Mon 11 Sep to end of GCE A-Level examinations
School Vacation 2023
4. The four vacation periods for schools, junior colleges and Millennia Institute for 2023 will be as follows:
PRI & SEC
Between Terms I & II
Sat 11 Mar to Sun 19 Mar
Between Semesters I & II
Sat 27 May to Sun 25 Jun
Between Terms III & IV
Sat 2 Sep to Sun 10 Sep
At End of School Year
Sat 18 Nov to Sun 31 Dec
JC Year 1, MI Year 1 & MI Year 2
JC Year 2 & MI Year 3
Between Terms I & II
Sat 11 Mar to Sun 19 Mar
Between Semesters I & II
Sat 27 May to Sun 25 Jun
Between Terms III & IV
Sat 2 Sep to Sun 10 Sep
At End of School Year
Sat 25 Nov to Sun 31 Dec
End of GCE A-Level examinations to 31 Dec
5. The scheduled school holidays and public holidays for 2023 will be as follows:
Scheduled School Holidays 2023
Youth Day
*Sun 2 Jul (The following Mon 3 Jul will be a scheduled school holiday)
Day after National Day
Thu 10 Aug
Teachers’ Day
Fri 1 Sep
Children’s Day (for primary schools and primary sections of full schools only)
Fri 6 Oct
Public Holidays 2023
Term I
New Year’s Day
Sun 1 Jan3
Chinese New Year
Sun 22 Jan4
Mon 23 Jan
Term II
Good Friday
Fri 7 Apr
Hari Raya Puasa
Sat 22 Apr5
Labour Day
Mon 1 May
Vesak Day
Fri 2 Jun
Term III
Hari Raya Haji
Thu 29 Jun
National Day
Wed 9 Aug
Term IV
Deepavali
Sun 12 Nov6
Christmas Day
Mon 25 Dec
3 Monday, 2 Jan will be a public holiday.
4 Tuesday, 24 Jan will be a public holiday.
5 Monday, 24 Apr will be a school holiday and a designated day off-in-lieu, schools are closed including the General Office, Student Care Centre/Kindergarten Care (KCare) Centres.
6 Monday, 13 Nov will be a public holiday.
6. The school terms and holidays for 2023 are also listed on the MOE's website at https://www.moe.gov.sg/calendar.
What is the next holiday in 2023?
The next federal holiday is Thanksgiving Day.
Thanksgiving Day is 8 days away and will be observed on Thursday, November 24, 2022.
How many public holidays does Singapore have in 2023?
There are 11 public holidays in Singapore out of which there will be six seven long weekends (with holidays falling on a Friday, Sunday or Monday – including two days for Chinese New Year) in 2023. *Vesak Day has been revised to 2 June 2023 following the Singapore Buddhist Federation's announcement.
Is 24th January 2023 a public holiday?
Revised Date for Vesak Day in 2023
2 The updated list of public holidays in 2023 is as follows. *The following Monday will be a public holiday. # The following Tuesday, 24 Jan 2023, will be a public holiday.
How many holidays does Malaysia get in 2023?
Term 1 holidays: 13 March 2023, Monday to 22 March 2023, Wednesday. Mid-year holidays: 22 May 2023, Monday to 7 June 2023, Wednesday. Term 2 holidays: 24 July 2023, Monday to 2 August 2023, Wednesday. End-year holidays: 20 November 2023, Monday to 31 December 2023, Sunday.
