The Department of Basic Education has released the 2024 national school term calendar which confirms the starting date for school terms for all public schools across the country for this school year so you can see when school opening 2024 is.
South Africa School Calendar 2024
In previous years the schools in coastal provinces started at a different time to schools located at inland provinces. The Basic Education Department has decided that all public schools across the country will now start and end their school terms at the same time for this school year.
South Africa School Terms 2024
Term 1 starts on the 17th of January. Term 2 starts on the 2nd of April. Term 3 starts on the 9th July. Term 4 starts on the 25th September.
No More Staggered School Terms in SA
Previously, when the school year started depended on the province a school was situated in. This staggered school calendar saw schools in South Africa divided into two clusters. The coastal cluster and the inland cluster would return to schools on different dates.
2024 School Calendar South Africa
The Inland group consists of the Free State, Gauteng, Limpopo, Mpumalanga and North West. The coastal cluster featured the Eastern Cape, KwaZulu-Natal, Northern Cape and the Western Cape.
The Department didn't immediately explain why this change has been made. There will be the same number of teaching days each year. The impact might be felt at holiday resorts where more families will be present during the school holiday period - which will now be squeezed into a shorter period of time.
South Africa School Holidays 2024
Because the different provinces are now coordinated with their terms the South African school holidays for 2024 will be held at the same times.
Public Holidays in South Africa 2024
1st January New Year's Day
21st March Human Rights Day
29th March Good Friday
27th April Freedom Day
1st May Workers' Day
16th June Youth Day
17th June Public Holiday
9th August National Women's Day
24th September Heritage Day
16th December Day of Reconciliation
25th December Christmas Day
26th December Day of Goodwill
South African School Calendar
Download the School Term Calendar
SA-School-Holidays-Terms-Calendar-2024.pdf
Western Cape School Terms 2024
School Terms Western Cape
School Calendar 2024 KZN
2024 School Calendar KZN
2024 School Calendar Limpopo
School Holidays 2024 South Africa
Northern Cape School Calendar
Gauteng School Terms 2024
KZN School Terms 2024
School Calendar 2024 Gauteng
National Women's Day
Youth Day
Eastern Cape School Terms
Free State School Terms
