GES confirms 2024-2025 SHS Semester 2 reopening date

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The Ghana Education Service (GES) has confirmed the SHS reopening date following a series of fake news reports about a possible change in the reopening schedule.

In a press release dated 2nd January 2025 and signed by Cassandra Twum Ampofo, Head of the Public Relations Unit of the GES, the service stated that Senior High Schools (SHSs) will reopen on 3rd January 2025, in accordance with the 2024-2025 academic calendar. It further confirmed that basic schools will reopen on 8th January 2025, as announced earlier.

The Second Term for basic schools will begin on 8th January and end on 17th April 2025.

The Second Term vacation is scheduled for 18th April to 5th May 2025. Term Three will begin on 6th May and conclude the academic year on 24th July 2025.

The 2025 BECE will be administered by WAEC in June 2025, as per the GES calendar.

READ: Everything you need to know about 2025 BECE

2024-2025 SHS Semester 2 reopening date: SHS REOPENING DATE PRESS RELEASE

The management of the Ghana Education Service (GES) wishes to remind students, staff, parents, and the general public that the 2024-25 academic year calendar has not changed. As previously announced, SHS students are expected to report back to school on January 3, 2025, while primary and Junior High Schools will reopen on January 8, 2025.

Meanwhile, the management of GES is engaging the ministry for a speedy resolution of concerns raised by the leadership of the Conference of Heads of Assisted Secondary School (CHASS).

We kindly request that all stakeholders take note of these dates and make necessary arrangements accordingly.

 

 

 

WISDOM HAMMOND

The Ghana Education News Editorial Team is a specialized collective of education researchers, journalists, and policy analysts dedicated to providing high-fidelity reporting on the Ghanaian academic landscape. Serving as a primary bridge between governing bodies—including the Ghana Education Service (GES) and WAEC—and the public, the team leverages over a decade of combined experience to serve students, parents, and educators nationwide.Lead Architect & Editor-in-ChiefThe team is led by Wisdom Kojo Eli Hammond, a distinguished Ghanaian Edu-Tech Entrepreneur, AI Solutions Developer, and Product Architect with over 25 years of cross-disciplinary experience in education, finance, and digital media. Wisdom is the visionary force behind SkulManager, Ghana’s premier school management ecosystem, and the Lead Consultant at Education-News Consult.A self-taught innovator, professional Web Designer, and regular columnist on GhanaWeb, Wisdom engineered SkulManager.com as the only platform strictly tailored to the GES Curriculum. His technical leadership has redefined educational assessment through a Hybrid Marking Ecosystem, pioneering the BECE and WASSCE Home Mock services—a unique fusion of WAEC-trained human examiners and advanced AI marking engines operational since 2022.Wisdom’s 360-degree view of institutional challenges is grounded in his tenure as College President and Lecturer at Pinnacle College (Achimota), as well as his background as a school administrator and accountant. He is a dedicated lifelong learner currently advancing his studies at the Accra Institute of Technology (AIT), with academic ties to the University of Professional Studies, Accra (UPSA).An accomplished author, his works include Returnees of the Dead Forest (UK Published), Simplified Beacon of Light (850+ Q&A), and The Leader in Me. A foundational pillar of the award-winning NGO Human Rights Reporters Ghana (HRRG), Wisdom is committed to building intelligent systems that solve societal problems and prepare the next generation of Ghanaian students for a digital future.Contact: 0550360658 | Portals: GhanaEducation.org, GhanaEducationNews.org, SkulManager.com, BECEPrep.com. Educationnewsconsult.com etc

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