The Department of Basic Education has released the revised term dates for the 2021 academic year.
This comes after the opening of schools was pushed to February 15 due to the rise in the number of Covid-19 cases last month.
There will be a total of 192 school days, three less than the 195 initially set out by the department.
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The new term dates are:
Term one: February 15 – April 23
Term two: May 3 – July 9
Term three: July 26 – October 1
Term four: October 11 – December 15