The Ministry of National Education announced the authoritative date of completion of the school year 2024/2025. According to the fresh calendar, students will not postgraduate until Friday, June 27, 2025. This is much later than in erstwhile years. The reason for the change is only the calendar layout.
Students surprised, parents divided
For students and many teachers information about postponement of the school year It was a surprise. alternatively of the expected certificates by mid-June, this school year will gotta wait until 27 June 2025. For comparison, in the erstwhile year – 2023/2024 – discipline ended 21 JuneAnd before that, in 2022/2023, 23 June.
This year, students will be spending time in schools. even six days more, which in practice means the latest completion of the school year since years. There have been many comments on social media in which students express discontent with extended learning time. Instead, parents are more divided — for some, a longer stay of children at school is simply a comfort in the context of care in June.
MEN explains: this is simply a calendar, not a political decision
Explains Ministry of National Education, the decision on the end date of the school year follows only from calendar. According to regulations, the school year in Poland ends last Friday JuneIf not earlier. In 2025 the last possible Friday was just 27 June. Early completion would be incompatible with the current calendar of the organisation of the school year.
The Ministry dementes simultaneously emerging speculations about a deliberate extension of science or introduction additional teaching hours. There has been no change of regulations, and the vacation agenda is full in line with current practice – although rare.
Holiday break's the same. The fresh school year will start on September 1
Despite the subsequent graduation of the school year, Summer break in discipline continues to last about 2 months. The fresh school year 2025/2026 will traditionally start on September 1, 2025. There are no plans to shorten holidays or start classes.
That means that the remainder time of the students will not be shortened, although their vacation start will be delayed. any parents fear that a shorter time margin between the end of the year and the start of leave may make it hard to organise household trips.
What's it gonna be in the next fewer years?
Situations where end of school year at the end of JuneThey're not precedent. all fewer years, depending on the layout of the calendar, this case repeats itself.
As MEN announced, in the school year 2025/2026 teaching and training classes will end on 26 June 2026., which means a somewhat earlier start of the vacation than this year. This shows that we are not dealing with a fresh norm, alternatively the effect of yearly variation.
It is besides worth reminding that school year does not always end at the same time across Europe – The Polish education strategy is 1 of the more rigid in terms of the vacation time. Longer or more flexible summertime breaks be in many EU countries, e.g. Germany or France.
Perspective of directors and teachers
From the position of schools, the postponement of the deadline means the request to keep a longer organisational readiness – including care activities, if lessons are completed formally and students are waiting for the graduation.
For teachers it besides means postpone the start of vacation holidaysThat could affect their vacation plans. On the another hand, with the same dimension of vacation, time for remainder will not be formally shortened – it will only decision in time.
Some schools plan to usage the last days of June to organize recreational activities, excursions, or school events, which may ease the reception of decisions by students.
The school year 2024/2025 ends on Friday, 27 June 2025., which means hold from erstwhile years. The change is based solely on the calendar layout and is not related to political decisions or changes in regulations. Vacation will begin later, but it will take the same, and the fresh school year will take off according to the tradition of September 1.
Ministry of Education calls for peace and understanding, stressing that specified transfers are a average phenomenon in the school cycle. Despite the confusion of information, the education strategy does not undergo any revolution in this regard.
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End of school year 2025 postponed. MEN confirms: holidays will be later
