Saudi Arabia | As the start of the 2024/1446 academic year approaches, learn about the official holiday dates

<p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr">Weather of Arabia - The new academic year begins on the eighteenth of August 2024, with the return of supervisors, employees of educational departments, and principals in schools on the tenth of August. Teachers return on the same day, and the return of students will take place on the 14th of Safar, corresponding to the 18th of August, to begin school. In the new year and in this article, learn about the dates of official holidays during the academic year in Saudi Arabia 1446/2024.</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><h2 style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> Official and extended holidays during the academic year</h2><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> Students will take a number of official and extended vacations during the new academic year, in addition to vacations between semesters. The vacation dates are as follows:</p><ol style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"><li style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> Saudi National Day holiday: in September.</li><li style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> Foundation Day holiday: in February 2025.</li><li style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> Eid al-Fitr holiday: on the twentieth of March.</li><li style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> Eid al-Adha holiday: May 30, 2025. </li></ol><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"><img alt="" src="/sites/default/files/uploads-2020/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B3%D8%B9%D9%88%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%A9%20%20%D9%85%D8%B9%20%D8%A7%D9%82%D8%AA%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%A8%20%D8%A8%D8%AF%D8%A1%20%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B9%D8%A7%D9%85%20%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AF%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%8A%2020241446%20%D8%AA%D8%B9%D8%B1%D9%81%20%D8%B9%D9%84%D9%89%20%D9%85%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%B9%D9%8A%D8%AF%20%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A5%D8%AC%D8%A7%D8%B2%D8%A7%D8%AA%20%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B1%D8%B3%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%A9%20%D8%AE%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%87.jpg" style="width: 800px; height: 600px;" /></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><h2 style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> Semester vacations in Saudi Arabia</h2><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> Students get 10 days vacation between semesters, which includes:</p><ol style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"><li style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> End of the first semester vacation (autumn vacation): begins at the end of November and lasts for 10 days.</li><li style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> The end of the second semester vacation (winter vacation): begins on the twenty-fourth of February 2025, and includes the Foundation Day vacation.</li><li style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> Mid-year vacation: begins on January 3, 2025.</li></ol><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> In addition, students will enjoy a number of extended weekends during the academic year.</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> See also:</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> <a href="https://www.arabiaweather.com/ar/content/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B3%D8%B9%D9%88%... Arabia | Officially...the Ministry of Education announces the teaching of the Chinese language within the educational curricula</a></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> <a href="https://www.arabiaweather.com/ar/content/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B2%D8%B9%D8%A7%...“Al-Zaaq”: Today is the last of the hot months, and at the end of it, the weather begins to improve at night</a></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p>