GES releases list of Holidays for Basic and Senior High Schools
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Management of the Ghana Education Service (GES) has released list of Public Holidays for Pre-tertiary Schools (Basic and Senior High Schools).
The list of Holidays released by the Ghana Education Service is contained in 2022 Academic Calendar for Pre-tertiary Schools across Ghana.
Management has noted that, a total of twelve (12) holidays shall be observed throughout the 2022 academic year by schools.
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According to the information, schools will observed holidays such as, Constitutional Day, Independence Day, Good Friday, Easter Monday, Labour Day, Eid Al-Fitr, Eid Al-Adha, Founder’s Day, Kwame Nkrumah Memorial Day, Farmer’s Day, Christmas Day and Boxing Day in 2022.
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Find below, a table of Holidays and their respective dates as captured by GES in its academic calendar.
| DATE | HOLIDAYS |
| 7TH JANUARY | CONSTITUTIONAL DAY |
| 6TH MARCH | INDEPENDENCE DAY |
| 15TH APRIL | GOOD FRIDAY |
| 18TH APRIL | EASTER MONDAY |
| 2ND MAY | LABOUR DAY |
| 3RD MAY | EID AL-FITR |
| 11TH JULY | EID AL-ADHA |
| 4TH AUGUST | FOUNDERS’ DAY |
| 21ST SEPTEMBER | KWAME NKRUMAH MEMORIAL DAY |
| 2ND DECEMBER | FARMER’S DAY |
| 25TH DECEMBER | CHRISTMAS DAY |
| 26TH DECEMBER | BOXING DAY |
SOURCE: Coverghana.com.gh
