The academic year for school sessions will return to its original schedule of commencing in January starting from 2026.
Education Minister Fadhlina Sidek said the federal government initiated efforts to expedite the academic school calendar for the 2024/2025 session to commence in February 2025.
The ministry also previously stated that the school session for the Academic Calendar 2023/2024 was maintained in March 2023 to ensure compliance with the Education (Terms, Days and School Holidays) Regulations 1998 (Amendment) 2021 which stipulate that the number of school days in the academic calendar should not be less than 190 days.
