The Ghana Education Service(GES) has released the single and double-track academic calendar for SHS 1, 2, and 3 students for the 2026/2027 academic year.
The management of the Ghana Education Service (GES) has officially released the academic calendar for Senior High Schools for the 2026/2027 academic year.
SHS Academic Calendar
“The Management of GES wishes to inform parents/guardians, students, and the public that the academic calendar for Senior High Schools (SHSs) and Senior High Technical Schools (SHTSs) for the 2026/2027 academic year has been finalised,” the statement said.
According to the calendar, Form One and Form Two students in schools operating under the single-track system will begin their first semester on September 18, 2026.
The semester will run until January 29, 2027, after which students will proceed on vacation from January 30 to March 29, 2027.
The second semester is scheduled to commence on March 30, 2027, and end on July 30, 2027.
The academic calendar also outlines schedules for transitional schools still operating under the double-track system, with detailed arrangements expected to guide school administrators in planning teaching and learning activities throughout the academic year.
GES said the calendar forms part of efforts to ensure effective academic planning and smooth implementation of educational activities across the country.
The Service encouraged all stakeholders to adhere to the approved schedule to promote uninterrupted teaching and learning in the 2026/2027 academic year.
Form Three students in single-track schools will start classes on September 18, 2026, and end their first semester on December 18, 2026. After a vacation period ending January 31, 2027, they will return to school on February 1 and complete the academic year on June 18, 2027.
For transitional schools, Form One students will alternate between in-person and online learning. They will begin in-school studies on September 18, 2026, before moving to online learning from November 16 to December 18, 2026. Following a break, they will return to school from February 8 to April 16, 2027, and resume online learning from April 19 to May 14, 2027.
The second semester for Form One students in transitional schools will run from June 21 to August 27, 2027.
Form Two students in transitional schools will start school on November 16, 2026, and continue until February 5, 2027, followed by an online learning period from February 8 to March 5, 2027. Their second semester will commence on April 19 and end on August 27, 2027.
Form Three students in transitional schools will attend school from September 18 to December 18, 2026, then resume classes on January 5, 2027, and complete the academic year on June 18, 2027.
GES also announced that the Christmas break will run from December 19, 2026, to January 4, 2027, while the Easter break has been scheduled for March 25 to March 30, 2027.
The West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) is expected to take place from April 6 to June 18, 2027, while a mid-semester break for Form Two students has been scheduled for June 17 to June 20, 2027.
42 comments
Please we need the date of gold track in form 1student please help to get the date to prepared my self. Please
so when will shs 1 gold students resume
Are the form two single-track students suppose to go to school after vacating for the first semester on March 5,and go on 5th April 2021?
We need the date of resume for school
I am in from three and l want to know when we will start the Wacce and when we return to school are we going to come back home and will the from one be on double tracking and will it affect the from three
It shall be well
Let them perform their duties as assigned to them my brothers and sisters for all shall come to pass but we gold truckers are really suffering
Good
why are we the form threes writing our WASSCE in September but no the usual MAY/JUNE. September is too far, please do something about it by bringing it back to the usual period.
You form 3 student you Dey come pre decision making find someplace and sleep
Are you in our brain…….or ur brain is more than that if the GES….???
when i become Prez i will sack all GES managers for no leting we the gold trackers sit in the house 4 1year. How will the charity going to survive why, aba bullshit eso nie.
Please we are begging GES to do something about the green track students especially our second session. It is so painful when I look at the calendar , why should we go to school June 1 and vacate June 30. What do you expect us to do within this short period of time.you have to treat us equally. Go to school July 1 and vacate August 27 , just imagine how can this Help us . Please GES should check the system again
GES are not been fair to we the green track students. In fact, when I look at the number of months the gold track are going to spend in school is far more than the number of months we are to spend in school. Why so? Are we not all students and we are all going to sit for the same exams and you people want to cheat us for the gold track students.we are not happy about that. So please we are appealing to GES to review the calendar for us to all equal contact hours. When I did calculation for the whole academic year the gold track have more days to spend in school than we do.
Why the green track going first we the gold track as been in the house about a year now why
If it’s really true that gold form 2 student are living for school in March, then it’s really not fair, gold students have really stayed home for a very long time and we are fed up 😕. Please do something about the date.
Thanks
I have nothing to say because what ever way that they want it to be should continue that way
GES please change the date for the gold track student
GES why u backwards the Gold trackers?
We are really suffering gold trackers
Why is GES doing that to Gold tracks we have almost stayed home for a year cause Gold tracks vacated and when we were about to resume school then cov-19 came and instead for you guys to let us go first you are sending the green tracks WE ARE SUFFERING GOLD TRACKS WE ARE LACKING BEHIND PLEASE DO SOMETHING ÀBOUT OUR DATE by Evangeline adwoa Asare attend St Louis shs AM AGAINST THE DATE FROM GES
So what is the time table for shs
When are we the form two green- truck return to school, also when will we complete school.
Please, I don’t understand something here ooo , the form 1 single track under double track are vacating in 16 June and the form 1 single track are vacating in 16 July . Why ? Are they not all form 1 single track students? They all went to school in March , how come the single track students are spending almost five months in school whiles their colleagues form 1 single track under double track are spending less than such month ? Please do something about the date of the single track form 1 students which is 16 July .I suggest they vacate on the same day and date which is 16 June with the single track students under the double track. Let the students rest small .Five months is not easy .. It’s a punishment to the single track form 1 students.
Oh when will this system stop so we can have a uniform educational system for SHS.
GES why are you doing this to we the gold truckers
Let them do their work
We the Gold track are surffering GES why?
So is it true that all form two students are not going to school this month (January-March).
Pls when are f3 reopening because I heard something like 28th May
so will the gold truck form 1and 2 all going the same month
yes they will be going on the same month
Please when SHS 2 Gold truck will resume school