The COVID-19 pandemic has thoroughly screwed up the school term and holidays, so here is a quick summary of the class days and holidays for the year 2023.
Updated @ 2023-04-11 : Added extra school holiday for Hari Raya 2023.
Updated @ 2023-04-07 : Added extra school holidays for 2023 / 2024 school term.
Originally posted @ 2022-12-15
Two School Terms In Malaysia In 2023
The COVID-19 pandemic has thoroughly screwed up the school term and holidays. Instead of starting in January and ending in December, the new term now starts in March and every year will have two “academic years”.
This is quite confusing for many of us parents, so here is a quick summary of the school days and holidays for the year 2023.
Instead of looking at the 2023-2024 academic year, we are going to look at the school days and holidays for the calendar year of 2023.
Read more : 2023 / 2024 Malaysia School Term + Holiday Calendar!
2023 School Days + Holidays For Malaysia!
I created these tables of the 2023 school days + holidays based on the latest academic calendars provided by the Malaysia Ministry of Education (KPM).
Please note that there is an extra 7 days of holidays in March 2023.
Group A
Group A states are Johor, Kedah, Kelantan and Terengganu.
| Group A | School Starts | School Ends | Days |
| 2022 Term 3 Part 2 | 1 January 2023 | 16 February 2023 | 32 |
| 2022 Year End Holiday | 17 February 2023 | 18 March 2023 | 30 |
| 2023 Term 1 Part 1 | 19 March 2023 | 20 April 2023 | 24 |
| 2023 Mid-Term 1 Holiday | 21 April 2023 | 29 April 2023 | 9 |
| 2023 Term 1 Part 2 | 30 April 2023 | 25 May 2023 | 18 |
| 2023 End-Term 1 Holiday | 26 May 2023 | 3 June 2023 | 9 |
| 2023 Term 2 | 4 June 2023 | 24 August 2023 | 56 |
| 2023 Term 2 Holiday | 25 August 2023 | 2 September 2023 | 9 |
| 2023 Term 3 Part 1 | 3 September 2023 | 14 December 2023 | 72 |
| 2023 Term 3 Holiday | 15 December 2023 | 1 January 2023 | 18 |
Group B
Group B states are Melaka, Negeri Sembilan, Pahang, Perak, Perlis, Penang, Sabah, Sarawak, Selangor, Kuala Lumpur, Labuan and Putrajaya.
| Group B | School Starts | School Ends | Days |
| 2022 Term 3 Part 2 | 3 January 2023 | 17 February 2023 | 31 |
| 2022 Year End Holiday | 18 February 2023 | 19 March 2023 | 30 |
| 2023 Term 1 Part 1 | 20 March 2023 | 21 April 2023 | 23 |
| 2023 Mid-Term 1 Holiday | 22 April 2023 | 30 April 2023 | 9 |
| 2023 Term 1 Part 2 | 1 May2023 | 26 May 2023 | 18 |
| 2023 End-Term 1 Holiday | 27 May 2023 | 4 June 2023 | 9 |
| 2023 Term 2 | 5 June 2023 | 25 August 2023 | 55 |
| 2023 Term 2 Holiday | 26 August 2023 | 3 September 2023 | 9 |
| 2023 Term 3 Part 1 | 4 September 2023 | 15 December 2023 | 72 |
| 2023 Term 3 Holiday | 16 December 2023 | 1 January 2023 | 17 |
Extra CNY School Holidays For 2023!
Here is the list of additional holidays for schools in Malaysia for the year of 2023 :
Group A
Group A states are Johor, Kedah, Kelantan and Terengganu.
| Festival Holidays | Group A | Notes |
| Chinese New Year | Sunday to Tuesday, 22 to 24 January 2023 |
1 extra day |
| Hari Raya Aidilfitri | Wednesday, 19 April 2023 Thursday, 20 April 2023 |
2 extra days |
| Hari Raya Qurban | Wednesday, 28 June 2023 | 1 extra day |
| Hari Deepavali | Sunday, 12 November 2023 Monday, 13 November 2023 |
Public Holiday 1 extra day |
| Christmas | Monday, 25 December 2023 | Public Holiday |
Group B
Group B states are Melaka, Negeri Sembilan, Pahang, Perak, Perlis, Penang, Sabah, Sarawak, Selangor, Kuala Lumpur, Labuan and Putrajaya.
| Festival Holidays | Group B | Notes |
| Chinese New Year | Friday to Tuesday, 20 to 24 January 2023 |
1 extra day |
| Hari Raya Aidilfitri | Wednesday, 19 April 2023 Thursday, 20 April 2023 Friday, 21 April 2023 |
3 extra days |
| Pesta Kaamatan | Only for Sabah + Labuan Tuesday, 30 May 2023 Wednesday, 31 May 2023 |
2 extra days |
| Hari Gawai Dayak | Only for Sarawak Thursday, 1 June 2023 Friday, 2 June 2023 |
2 extra days |
| Hari Raya Qurban | Wednesday, 28 June 2023 Thursday, 29 June 2023 |
2 extra days |
| Hari Deepavali | Except Sarawak Monday, 13 November 2023 Tuesday, 14 November 2023 |
Replacement 1 extra day |
| Only for Sarawak Monday, 13 November 2023 |
1 extra day | |
| Christmas | Monday, 25 December 2023 | Public Holiday |
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