Malaysia School Academic Calendar 2025 2026 Key Dates And Holidays

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 The 2025/2026 Academic Calendar which lists down school days and school holidays for students in Malaysia is out.

You can view the calendar below. If you wish to download a copy, the pdf of the calendar can be downloaded from the Kementerian Pendidikan Malaysia website:  Kalendar Akademik Sesi 2025/2026. 

Some notable dates or things to note:

On which day will school start in 2025?

The school year will start in February 2025 as Malaysia prepares to shift its academic year over time to start in January as it used to be previously. 16th of February for Group A schools and 17th February for Group B schools.

Johor reverts to Saturday and Sunday weekends from 1st January 2025

There are usually two calendars. One for schools in states which observe Saturday and Sunday as weekend ie Group B schools and another for schools in states which observe Friday and Saturday as weekend ie Group A schools. Since Johor will revert to Saturday and Sunday as weekend with effect from 1st January 2025, it will then follow the academic calendar for Group B.

Year end holidays and start of school in 2026

Year end holidays is from 19th or 20th December 2025 till 10th or 11th of January 2026, suggesting that school will start on 11th or 12th of January in 2026.

Festive Holidays

Chinese New Year holidays

As usual, the academic calendar has a separate section for festive holidays. The first festive holidays in 2025 is Chinese New Year. If you notice that it is missing in the festive holidays page, that is because Chinese New Year 2025 falls during the end of academic year 2024/2025 holidays. 

The first two days of Chinese New Year in 2025 which is usually a public holiday falls on 29th and 30th of January 2025. The end of academic year 2024/2025 holidays is from 17th or 18th January 2025 until 15th or 16th February 2025. You can check the dates here in the academic calendar for 2024/2025.

Hari Raya holidays

Hari Raya is a little earlier in 2025 with school holidays at the end of March and early April 2025.

With the holidays out, you can now start planning your travel schedule and leave application to spend time with the children during their school holidays as well as have a better idea of the dates involved when you start to plan for transport, activities, tuition and exams.

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