The Ministry of Education in the Government of National Unity has announced (GNU) the start of the new academic year 2024-2025 for primary and secondary education on September 1.
The announcement follows Minister of Education Musa Al-Maqrif's Decision No. (984) for 2024, published by the ministry on its official Facebook page.
The ministry also released a letter from the Director General of the Educational Curriculum and Research Center, which includes detailed schedules for study and exams for all educational levels (primary and secondary) for the upcoming academic year.
In a notable change, the mid-year break will span five days from January 5 to 9, 2025. Classes will resume for the second semester on January 12 but will later be suspended for ten days during the last week of Ramadan and Eid al-Fitr, from March 23 to April 3, 2025.
Final exams for the first term of the 2024-2025 academic year are scheduled to take place from May 11 to July 10.
The second term exams will be held from June 15 to August 28, encompassing all educational levels. The next academic year will commence on September 7, 2025.
Meanwhile, the final exams for the first term of the 2023-2024 secondary school completion certificate concluded on Thursday afternoon, having started on June 23.
