{"id":741935,"date":"2024-01-12T12:30:00","date_gmt":"2024-01-12T10:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=741935"},"modified":"2024-01-12T11:31:25","modified_gmt":"2024-01-12T09:31:25","slug":"here-is-the-school-calendar-for-2024-and-when-to-expect-the-matric-results","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/trending\/741935\/here-is-the-school-calendar-for-2024-and-when-to-expect-the-matric-results\/","title":{"rendered":"Here is the school calendar for 2024 \u2013 and when to expect the matric results"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Preparations for the 2024 school year are underway, with first-day jitters for students, parents and teachers fast approaching.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Department of Basic Education has published the 2024 school calendar, which kicks off for learners on Wednesday, 17 January.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The 2024 school year comprises 203 school days across the four terms, with 26 days set aside for school holidays and nine public holidays in between.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In preparation for learners to return, teachers will begin the year slightly earlier, starting from the 15 January.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The dates for the school terms for learners are as follows:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Term 1:<\/strong> 17 January \u2013 20 March<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Term 2:<\/strong> 03 April \u2013 14 June<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Term 3:<\/strong> 09 July \u2013 20 September<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Term 4: <\/strong>01 October \u2013 11 December<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The full-year calendar can be found below:<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a  data-lightbox=\"post-image\" href=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/image-44.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"671\" height=\"697\" src=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/image-44.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-741941\" srcset=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/image-44.png 671w, https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/image-44-289x300.png 289w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 671px) 100vw, 671px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong>Matric results<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As schools welcome learners back for 2024, the class of 2023 will be waiting for their matric results to be published.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u00a0The Minister of the Department of Basic Education, <strong>Angie Motshekga will announce the National Senior Certificate (NSC) results on Thursday, 18 January 2024<\/strong>, whilst individual results will be released on Friday the 19th. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Matrics will have until 2&nbsp;February 2024&nbsp;for both manual and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.education.gov.za\/NSCeRemark.aspx\">online applications<\/a> for remarks. The fees for re-marking and re-checking&nbsp;per subject are R120.00 and R29.00 respectively<strong>:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For matrics who need to rewrite or want to improve their results, the department said that the next opportunity for this is in May\/June 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Learners will have until 8 February 2024 to register for the 2023 May\/June exams \u2013 or if they want to register for the 2024 October\/November exams, the deadline is 15 March 2024, the department said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read: <a href=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/lifestyle\/738415\/state-schools-arent-failing-education-department\/\">State schools aren\u2019t \u2018failing\u2019: education department<\/a><\/strong><a href=\"javascript:  window.open('https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fbusinesstech.co.za%2Fnews%2Flifestyle%2F653255%2Fhere-is-the-school-calendar-for-2023-and-when-to-expect-the-matric-results%2F%27,%20%27_blank%27,%20%27width=500,height=500,top=%27%20+%20((screen.height%20\/%202)%20-%20250)%20+%27,left=%27%20+%20((screen.width%20\/%202)%20-%20250));\"><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>These are all the school and school holiday dates for public schools in South Africa &#8211; as well as important dates for the release of 2023 matric results. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":101,"featured_media":641951,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[8447,19101,19103],"class_list":["post-741935","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-trending","tag-dbe","tag-school-calander-2024","tag-south-african-schools"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/741935","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/101"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=741935"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/741935\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":742019,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/741935\/revisions\/742019"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/641951"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=741935"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=741935"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=741935"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}