Politics · Saudi Arabia · 5 hrs ago
Saudi public school students to get extra holiday on Oct. 25
Saudi public school students will have an extra day off on Oct.
25.
It is the first additional holiday of the current academic year.
Education departments approved the day off, which is not part of the Ministry of Education’s published calendar.
Some departments have also set extra holidays for Nov.
29, 2026, and Jan.
7 and Apr.
11, 2027.
Makkah, Madinah, Jeddah and Taif have announced only the Oct.
25 holiday.
The ministry calendar already includes six scheduled breaks, including holidays for National Day, Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha.
The extra days are separate from those six planned breaks.
Public-school students across Saudi Arabia are due to receive an additional holiday on Sunday, Oct. 25, 2026.
The holiday was approved by education departments across the Kingdom but is not listed in the Ministry of Education’s academic calendar.
Education departments have designated four additional holiday dates for the current academic year.
Departments in Makkah, Madinah, Jeddah and Taif have announced only the Oct. 25 holiday.
- Who
- Students in public schools across Saudi Arabia.
- What
- An additional one-day school holiday.
- When
- Sunday, Oct. 25, 2026.
- Where
- Public schools across Saudi Arabia.
- Why
- The holiday was approved by education departments; a reason for the approval is not stated.
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Education departments have designated this as an additional holiday for students.
Education departments have designated this as another additional holiday.
Education departments have designated this as another additional holiday.
Education departments have designated this as another additional holiday.
- First additional holiday
- Oct. 25, 2026
- Additional dates
- Nov. 29, 2026; Jan. 7 and Apr. 11, 2027
- Regions with only one announced extra holiday
- Makkah, Madinah, Jeddah and Taif
- Official calendar holidays
- Six, including National Day, Autumn, mid-year, Founding Day, Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha holidays