Basic schools across the country are set to reopen tomorrow, September 10, 2024, marking the start of the 2024/2025 academic year.

This reopening will officially restore the school calendar for basic education to its original September start date, following a four-year disruption caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.

A spokesperson for the Ghana Education Service (GES) told the Ghanaian Times that the return to the September academic calendar was aimed at normalising school operations and ensuring smooth transitions for both students and educators.

According to the 2024/2025 academic calendar released by the GES, kindergarten, primary, and junior high school (JHS) students will begin their first term tomorrow, which will last for 15 weeks.

The term will officially end on December 18, 2024, with schools vacating the following day, December 19, 2024.

The second term is scheduled to start on January 7, 2025, and conclude on April 16, 2025, followed by a vacation on April 17, 2025, after another 15 weeks of schooling.

The third and final term of the academic year will commence on May 6, 2025, and will run for 12 weeks, ending on July 24, 2025, bringing the academic year to a close.

The academic calendar was previously adjusted from 2021 to 2022, with the school year rescheduled from January to December due to the nationwide school closures that began in March 2020 as part of efforts to curb the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic.

“Management of the Ghana Education Service wishes to inform you that the reopening date for basic schools (kindergarten, primary, and junior high schools) across the country for the first term of the 2023/2024 academic year is October 3, 2023,” a memo signed and issued by the Deputy Director-General of the GES in charge of Quality and Access, Dr. Kwabena Bempah Tandoh," said.