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Basic education year and holidays

The school year 2024-2025 for Finnish-speaking and Swedish-speaking basic education will begin on Friday, 9 August 2024 and end on Saturday, 31 May 2025.

Under section 23 of the Basic Education Act, a school year is 190 working days, less the Independence Day, Epiphany (6 January) and 1 May, if they fall on a different weekday than Saturday. According to this, there are a total of 187 working days during the 2024-2025 academic year. The Saturday 21 December 2024 is a school working day.

 

School days 2024-2025

  • 9.8.2024 academic year begins
  • 14.-18.10.2024 Autumn holiday
  • 6.12.2024 Independence day
  • 23.12.2024-3.1.2025 Christmas holiday
  • 22.-28.2.2025 Winter holiday
  • 18.-21.4.2025 Easter
  • 1.5.2025 May Day
  • 29.5.2025 Ascension day
  • 31.5.2025 academic year ends

Schooldays 2024-2025 (pdf)