ACADEMIC CALENDAR

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When do schools in Ghana re-open?

The key academic calendar dates for high schools in Ghana are usually only announced shortly before the school year begins.

The academic calendar is different for Ghana Senior High Schools, Ghana Junior High Schools, and Ghana Primary Schools.

For Senior High Schools, the calendar is even more complex: The academic calendar, thus the re-opening and semester recess calendar, in Ghana Senior High Schools depends on whether the selected Senior High School is a “Single Track SHS” or a “Double Track SHS”. For “Double Track SHS”, students can be on the “Gold Track” or the “Green Track”.

School opening periods for all types of Ghana High Schools are shown below.

Ghana Junior High Schools Calendar: 2023

First Term:        
10 January 2023 – 24 March 2023                                 

Vacation/Break:                 
25 March 2023 – 2 April 2023

Second Term:     
3 April 2023 – 15 June 2023

Break:
16 June 2023 – 26 June 2023

Third Term:
27 June – 14 September 2023

End of the academic year (Vacation)


Note: The Basic Education Certificate Examination for 2023 will begin on Monday, August 7, and end on Friday, August 11, 2023.

Single Track Senior High Schools:

For Single Track Senior High Schools the academic semester is as follows:

SHS 1 Students:

  • First Semester:
    20 February 2023 – 5 April 2023
  • First Semester Vacation/Break:
    6 April 2023 – 16 April 2023
  • Second Semester:
    17 April 2023 – 15 September 2023
  • End of the academic year (Vacation)!
  • End of 2               

SHS 2 Students:

  • First Semester:
    10 January 2023 – 5 April 2023
  • First Semester Vacation/Break:
    6 April 2023 – 16 April 2023
  • Second Semester:
    17 April 2023 – 25 August 2023
  • End of the academic year (Vacation)!

SHS 3 Students:

  • First Semester:
    10 January 2023 – 5 April 2023
  • First Semester Vacation/Break:
    6 April 2023 – 16 April 2023
  • Second Semester:
    17 April 2023 – 1 June 2023
  • Second Semester Vacation/Break:
    2 June 2023 – 8 June 2023
  • Third Semester:
    9 June 2023 – 15 September 2023
  • End of the academic year (Vacation)!

Double Track Senior High Schools:

For Double Track Senior High Schools the academic semester is as follows:

SHS 1 Students:

  • First Semester:
    20 January 2023 – 13 April 2023
  • First Semester Vacation/Break:
    14 April 2023 – 8 June 2023
  • Second Semester:
    9 June 2023 – 10 August 2023
  • Second Semester Vacation/Break:
    11 August 2023 – 17 September 2023
  • Third Semester:
    18 September 2023 – 30 November 2023
  • End of the academic year (Vacation)!

SHS 2 Students:

  • First Semester:
    10 January 2023 – 17 February 2023
  • First Semester Vacation/Break:
    18 February 2023 – 10 April 2023
  • Second Semester:
    11 April 2023 – 1 June 2023
  • Second Semester Vacation/Break:
    2 June 2023 – 13 August 2023
  • Third Semester:
    14 August 2023 – 30 November 2023
  • End of the academic year (Vacation)!

SHS 3 Students:

  • First Semester:
    10 January 2023 – 5 April 2023
  • First Semester Vacation/Break:
    6 April 2023 – 16 April 2023
  • Second Semester:
    17 April 2023 – 1 June 2023
  • Second Semester Vacation/Break:
    2 June 2023 – 8 June 2023
  • Third Semester:
    9 June 2023 – 15 September 2023
  • End of the academic year (Vacation)!

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