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 | |
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| 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 & MILLENNIA INSTITUTE | JC Year 1 & MI Year 1 | MI Year 2 | JC Year 2 & MI Year 3 |
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| 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 | ||
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| 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 | |
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| 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 |
| JUNIOR COLLEGE & MILLENNIA INSTITUTE | JC Year 1, MI Year 1 & MI Year 2 | JC Year 2 & MI Year 3 |
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| Between Terms I & II | Sat 11 Mar to Sun 19 Mar |
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| Between Semesters I & II | Sat 27 May to Sun 25 Jun |
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| Between Terms III & IV | Sat 2 Sep to Sun 10 Sep |
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| 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) |
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| 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 |
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| 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 | |
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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. |
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6. The school terms and holidays for 2023 are also listed on the MOE's website at https://www.moe.gov.sg/calendar.