Latest amended school calendar for 2021 released

Published on

9 February 2021

The Department of Basic Education has released the latest amended school calendar for 2021, with pupils starting their school-year on 15 February.

The first term will run until 23 April, with pupils returning to school again on 3 May. The second term will run from 3 May until July 9, with the winter holidays lasting just two weeks this year, before school starts again on July 26.

The third term will run from July 26 to October 1, with the fourth term running from October 11 to December 15.

The amended 2021 school calendar is available for download on the @DBE_SA website on this link: https://t.co/qU036xRnCZ https://t.co/JnxMhauMDD

— Dr Reginah Mhaule (@ReginahMhaule) February 9, 2021

Liesl Smit

Liesl is the Smile 90.4FM News Manager. She has been at Smile since 2016, with nearly 20 years experience in the radio industry, including reading news, field reporting and producing. In 2008 she won the Vodacom Journalist of the Year Award, Western Cape region. liesl@smile904.fm

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