The Senior High School (SHS) 1, 2 and 3 re-opening and vacation date earlier for the 2025/2026 academic year has been announced.
Management of the Ghana Education Service (GES), wishes to inform staff, parents, students, and the general public that SHS academic calendar for the 2025/2026 academic year has been released.
SHS Re-Opening and Vacation Date 2025/2026
Below is the breakdown of the reopening date for Form 3, 2, and 1 students in Senior High Schools (SHSs).
Form 3 (Final Year Students)
- First Term: 27th October 2025 – 13th February 2026 (14 weeks)
- Break: 20th December 2025 – 4th January 2026
- Second Term: 14th February – 21st June 2026 (18 weeks)
- Easter Break: 1st April – 8th April 2026
- WASSCE Period: 20th April – 20th June 2026
This schedule gives final-year students ample time for preparation and revision before sitting for WASSCE.
Form 2
- First Term: 5th January – 17th April 2026 (15 weeks)
- Includes 5 weeks online/external learning from 16th March – 17th April 2026
- Vacation: 18th April – 17th May 2026
- Second Term: 18th May – 4th September 2026 (16 weeks)
This group enjoys a mid-term break that allows them to continue learning remotely before resuming onsite classes.
Form 1 (New Students)
- First Term: 18th October 2025 – 30th January 2026 (13 weeks: 9 weeks onsite + 4 weeks online)
- Christmas Break: 20th December 2025 – 4th January 2026
- Break: 31st January – 15th March 2026
- Second Term: 16th March – 12th June 2026 (13 weeks: 9 weeks onsite + 4 weeks online)
- Break: 13th June – 2nd July 2026
- Third Term: 3rd July – 4th September 2026 (9 weeks)
This structured timetable helps first-year students smoothly integrate into the double-track system while balancing onsite and online learning.
Key Notes (NB):
- Reopening Weeks:
- SHS 1: 18th – 20th October 2025
- SHS 3: 27th – 29th October 2025
- SHS 2: 5th – 7th January 2026
- Travel & Holiday Periods:
- Travel: 20th – 22nd December 2025
- Christmas Break: 20th December 2025 – 4th January 2026
- Easter Break: 1st – 8th April 2026
- WASSCE: Runs from 20th April – 20th June 2026
- Proposed Start of 2026/2027 Academic Year: 11th September 2026
Additionally, Heads of SHS are to as a matter of urgency communicate to all parents about the designated tracks for their wards to enable them plan accordingly.
99 comments
How come that the Shs form1 didn’t go to school especially the gold track. We didn’t learn anything
6th September, 2020
When exactly are the single truck shs 1and 2 students going to open school.
Are the shs 2 students whom their school is not a double track school included in the reopening of the shs 2 gold track on 22 June, 2020
President Nana addo pls why we gold track students are suffering like that.Why
Why did u want to kill as de gold truck
If u dey finish up u gonna say free shs, do u tink dat ibi free 4 the yr 2 gold track students ? Going 4 classes, paying classes fee while we have 2 be in class dat u say ibi free shs class. government u wanna do something about it.
Please there have been some rumors that form 2 Gold track will resume on 4th March.Please how true is that
100 percent true
There are rumors that the form two gold students will resume in the 4th of March,however is that true?
Is this really schooling one month for the gold track two months for the green track will waec set questions based on tracking system? if not then the gold trackers have a lot to do
one month in school with teachers on strike
Is this really schooling one month for the gold track two months for the green track will waec set questions based on tracking system?
They can’t go to school on 5th January…Abeg change the date
why we Gold truck are suffering alot why Ghana
When are Gold Track Reopening Again
so when are the form 1 students on single track resuming.
Why, this double track make people lose their hope in their children.
we students are suffering a lot. why?
Is it true that all form 2 students are going to school 1st March
Why is it that single track are going to school 5th January
Please, when will the form one single track students be reopening?
if i may ask, which country excluding, sorry to say the poorest africa countries is not practicing double track system?
school is who you are and how perfect you are. academically
The SHS double track system is not helping the Gold track student
Aswear oo
Please there are some rumors going about that form two gold will be going with the form one on 10th March 2021, please is it true??
This double track system is not helping
Gold trackers are wasting a lot of time in
The house instead of school.
Wasting all their money on extra classes
And you call this free education .
GES I think you should plan well on
The academic callender so that we can
Also benefit
Leave the President alone, He is doing well
thanks for answering all our question
What is happening to our education system. Why is the track gold students staying home again and again why don’t you think about them, why shouldn’t they also pass wassce or? Ever since this green and gold stuff came the quality of education has reduce to zero what is happening??
Am speechless now.What results is the government expecting from the gold track students after Wassce? God ,we are depending on you.
Is true that both form 2track repoting 1march?