Kedah School Holidays 2025: Term Holiday Dates & End of Year Holidays MOE

Here are the school holidays in Kedah for the 2025 school session in Malaysia. Find out the dates of term holidays, end-of-year holidays and festive and celebration holidays according to the 2025 / 2026 school holiday calendar based on announcements from the Ministry of Education Malaysia (KPM) and the government.

Please make sure you check the Kedah 2025 school holiday dates listed on this page from time to time in case there are any latest amendments / updates to the MOE or government calendar.

Kedah School Opening Date Academic Session 2025 / 2026

The following is the Kedah school session for the 2025 / 2026 academic session which will begin on the date announced by the Ministry of Education:

Group A: 16 February 2025 (Sunday)

School Calendar & Holiday Dates for the Kedah School Session 2025 / 2026

The following is the school calendar for the Kedah school session 2025 / 2026 announced by the Ministry of Education.

Kedah school session start date 2025 / 2026: February 16, 2025
Kedah Term 1 Holidays: 29 May 2025 – 9 June 2025
Kedah Term 2 Holidays: 12 September 2025 – 20 September 2025
Final holiday of the Kedah school session 2025 / 2026: December 19, 2025 – January 10, 2026

Festive Holidays for the 2025 / 2026 Session in Kedah

The following are the festive holidays for the 2025 / 2026 school session in Kedah as announced by the MOE through the Academic Calendar (Amendment) on the official MOE portal.

Chinese New Year Celebration 2025 – 29 and 30 January 2025 (During the Final School Holidays of the 2024/2025 Session)
Christmas Day Celebration – 25 December 2025 (During the Final School Holiday of the 2025/2026 Session)

Kedah Calendar 2025

The following are the Kedah school holidays for 2025 based on a calendar that displays the Ministry of Education's school holidays as well as Federal and State public holidays in Kedah.

Month 1 – January 2025

January 27 – Isra’ Mikraj (Kedah, Negeri Sembilan, Perlis & Terengganu)
January 29 – Chinese New Year (All States)
January 30 – Chinese New Year Day 2 (All States)

Month 3 – March 2025

March 2 – Early Ramadan (Johor & Kedah)
March 31 – Eid al-Fitr (All States)

Month 4 – April 2025

April 1 – Hari Raya Aidilfitri Day 2 (All States)

Month 5 – May 2025

May 1 – Workers' Day / Labor Day (All States)
May 12 – Wesak Day (All States)

Month 6 – June 2025

June 2 – YDP Agong's Birthday (All States)
June 7 – Eid al-Adha / Sacrifice (All States)
June 8 – 2nd Day of Eid Al-Adha (Kedah, Kelantan, Perlis & Terengganu)
June 22 – Birthday of the Sultan of Kedah (Kedah)
June 27 – Awal Muharram (Maal Hijrah) (All States)

Month 8 – August 2025

August 31 – National Day / Merdeka (All States)

Month 9 – September 2025

September 5 – Maulidur Rasul (All States)
September 16 – Malaysia Day (All States)

Month 10 – October 2025

October 20 – Deepavali Day (All States except Sarawak)

Month 12 – December 2025

December 25 – Christmas Day (All States)

Kedah Public Holiday

Schedule of Public Holiday Dates in Kedah

Please make sure you check the public holiday dates in Kedah listed on this page from time to time in case there are any latest amendments/updates from the Federal or State government.

Date	Holiday	State
27 January (Monday)	Israk and Mikraj	Kedah, Negeri Sembilan, Perlis & Terengganu
29 January (Wednesday)	Chinese New Year	All States
30 January (Thursday)	Chinese New Year Day 2	All States
2 March (Sunday)	Awal Ramadan	Johor & Kedah
31 March (Monday)	Hari Raya Aidilfitri	All States
1 April (Tuesday)	Hari Raya Aidilfitri Day 2	All States
1 May (Thursday)	Labour Day	All States
12 May (Monday)	Wesak Day	All States
2 June (Monday)	Agong's Birthday	All States
7 June (Saturday)	Hari Raya Haji	All States
8 June (Sunday)	Hari Raya Haji Day 2	Kedah, Kelantan, Perlis & Terengganu
22 June (Sunday)	The Sultan of Kedah's Birthday	Kedah
27 June (Friday)	Awal Muharram	All States
31 August (Sunday)	Merdeka Day	All States
5 September (Friday)	Prophet Muhammad's Birthday	All States
16 September (Tuesday)	Malaysia Day	All States
20 October (Monday)	Deepavali	All States except Sarawak
25 December (Thursday)	Christmas	All States