See 2023/2024 SHS academic calendar; First-year students to report on Dec. 4
The Ghana Education Service (GES) has announced that first-year Senior High School (SHS) students who are awaiting their Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) results will report to school on December 4, 2023.
The announced date for the 2023/2024 academic calendar, according to GES, is for both single and double-track students in pre-tertiary institutions across the nation.
However, Forms Two and Three students under the single-track system are to report to school today, November 1.
Form One students
Per the transitional calendar for double-track students, Form One students will be in school from December 4, 2023, to March 5, 2024.
They will, however, return to school on May 13, 2024, until July 9, 2024.
They are due to go on break again on July 10, 2024, and reopen on September 3 up to November 15, 2024, when the academic year ends.
On the other hand, single-track students will report to school from December 4 until March 15, 2024, and go on vacation from March 16, 2024, to May 2, 2024.
The second semester will begin on May 3, 2024, and last until August 28, 2024, when the academic calendar will end.
Form 2 and Form 3 students
Form Two and Form Three students under the single track system will report to school today until March 5, 2024, and begin the end of the first-semester break from March 6 to May 2, 2024.
They will return to school on May 3, 2024, to begin the second semester, up to August 28, 2024, to end the academic year.
However, Form Two students under the double track system will have to wait until March 8, 2024, to begin the first semester until May 9, 2024, to end the semester.
The second semester will begin on July 12, 2024, and last until November 15, 2024, when the academic year will come to an end.
It is significant to note that the Christmas break will be from December 21, 2023, to January 2, 2024, while the Easter break will be between March 29 and April 16, 2024.
Form Three students
Form Three students under the double track will also begin their first semester on January 3, 2024, and end it on March 28, 2024 to end the first semester.
Their second semester begins from April 17 until August 23, 2024.
However, for Form Three students under the single-track system, the first semester begins today, November 1, 2023, and ends on March 5, 2024, while the second semester is from May 3, 2024, to August 28, 2024, when they will complete school.
Basic schools
Per the calendar, basic schools will be in session for 12 weeks from October 3 to December 22, 2023.
They will go on vacation from December 23, 2023, to January 8, 2024.
They will then resume for the second term for 14 weeks, from January 9, 2024, to April 11, 2024.
They will go on vacation from April 12 to 29, 2024.
The students will return to school on April 30 for the third term which will last for 13 weeks, during which period Form Three students will write the Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) in July 2024.
However, Form One and Form Two students will be in school from April 30 to July 25, 2024.
The students will have a total of 39 academic weeks.
In September this year, GES announced the re-introduction of the three-term academic calendar that was used before the COVID-19 pandemic.
In 2022, the Ghana Education Service (GES) introduced a semester-based academic calendar for public Kindergarten, Primary, and Junior High Schools.
Deputy Director-General for Quality and Access of the Ghana Education Service, Dr. Kwabena Tandoh in an interview said that the system will help ease pressure on teachers, decongest the various schools, and help align academic calendars.
Hence, the 2023/2024 academic calendar relayed by GES to the general public will operate in line with the old trimester system.