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

Here are the school holidays in Sabah 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 Sabah 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.

Sabah School Opening Date Academic Session 2025 / 2026

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

Group B: 17 February 2025 (Monday)

School Calendar & Holiday Dates for Sabah School Session 2025 / 2026

The following is the school calendar for the Sabah school session 2025 / 2026 announced by the MOE.

Sabah school session start date 2025 / 2026: February 17, 2025
Sabah Term 1 Holidays: 29 May 2025 – 9 June 2025
Sabah Term 2 Holidays: September 13, 2025 – September 21, 2025
Final holidays of the Sabah school session 2025 / 2026: December 20, 2025 – January 11, 2026

Festive Holidays for the 2025 / 2026 Session in Sabah

The following are the festive holidays for the 2025 / 2026 school session in Sabah 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)
Festival of Intensity (Sabah and Federal Territory of Labuan only) – 30 and 31 May 2025 (During Term 1 Holiday, Session 2025/2026)
Christmas Day Celebration – 25 December 2025 (During the Final School Holiday of the 2025/2026 Session)

Sabah Calendar 2025

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

Month 1 – January 2025

January 1 – New Year (All States except Johor, Kedah, Kelantan, Perlis & Terengganu)
January 29 – Chinese New Year (All States)
January 30 – Chinese New Year Day 2 (All States)

Month 3 – March 2025

March 31 – Eid al-Fitr (All States)

Month 4 – April 2025

April 1 – Hari Raya Aidilfitri Day 2 (All States)
April 18 – Good Friday (Sabah & Sarawak)

Month 5 – May 2025

May 1 – Workers' Day / Labor Day (All States)
May 12 – Wesak Day (All States)
May 30 – Kaamatan Festival (Harvest Festival) (Labuan & Sabah WP)
May 31 – 2nd Day Kaamatan Festival (Labuan & Sabah WP)

Month 6 – June 2025

June 2 – YDP Agong's Birthday (All States)
June 7 – Eid al-Adha / Sacrifice (All States)
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 4 – Birthday of the Governor of Sabah (Sabah)
October 20 – Deepavali Day (All States except Sarawak)

Month 12 – December 2025

December 24 – Christmas Eve (Sabah)
December 25 – Christmas Day (All States)

Sabah Public Holiday

Schedule of Public Holiday Dates in Sabah

Please make sure you check the public holiday dates in Sabah 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
1 January (Wednesday)	New Year	All States except Johor, Kedah, Kelantan, Perlis & Terengganu
29 January (Wednesday)	Chinese New Year	All States
30 January (Thursday)	Chinese New Year Day 2	All States
31 March (Monday)	Hari Raya Aidilfitri	All States
1 April (Tuesday)	Hari Raya Aidilfitri Day 2	All States
18 April (Friday)	Good Friday	Sabah & Sarawak
1 May (Thursday)	Labour Day	All States
12 May (Monday)	Wesak Day	All States
30 May (Friday)	Harvest Festival	Labuan & Sabah WP
31 May (Saturday)	Harvest Festival Day 2	Labuan & Sabah WP
2 June (Monday)	Agong's Birthday	All States
7 June (Saturday)	Hari Raya Haji	All States
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
4 October (Saturday)	Sabah Governor's Birthday	Sabah
20 October (Monday)	Deepavali	All States except Sarawak
24 December (Wednesday)	Christmas Eve	Sabah
25 December (Thursday)	Christmas	All States