Ministry of Education unveils new academic calendar for 1444 AH

Ministry of Education unveils new academic calendar for 1444 AH

Saudi Gazette report RIYADH — The Ministry of Education has unveiled the new academic calendar for the year of 1444 AH. The new calendar includes several changes regarding vacations and the actual number of school days. The ministry decided to increase the number of actual school days by two days, to be 185 days instead of 183 days. While the ministry has reduced the number of vacations in the new calendar for next year to be 10 vacations instead of 12 vacations allotted in the current calendar. The Eid Al-Fitr holiday will start in the next year’s calendar on Ramadan 22, while the return after the Eid holiday will be on Wednesday, Shawwal 6. The ministry said that the number of vacation days during the three semesters would be 56 days in the new calendar instead of 69 days as in the current calendar. This is in addition to the fact that they have included the Founding Day among the holidays in the new calendar. The ministry has also announced the return dates of educational staff, which includes the educational supervisors and employees of education offices. It also includes the educational and administrative bodies at all academic levels to be