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Ghana : complete schedule of public and bank holidays, closure of banks and stock exchanges, school vacations, trade fairs, cultural and sporting events, festivals, carnivals, election during the next 3 months

  • Currency: Cedi (GHC)
  • Internet domain: .gh - Telephone code: +233 - International dialing code: 00 - GMT offset: 0 (DST: no)
  • Weekend: Saturday & Sunday
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    Friday december 20, 2024Christmas holiday (beginning)School holidays
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    Wednesday december 25, 2024Christmas DayCatholic or protestant
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    Thursday december 26, 2024Boxing Day/Family DaySecular holiday
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    Wednesday january 1, 2025New Year's DaySecular holiday
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    Tuesday january 7, 2025Constitution DaySecular holiday
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    Thursday january 9, 2025Christmas holiday (end)School holidays
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    Friday february 14, 2025Valentine's Daycards/flowers
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    Christmas holiday (beginning)

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    Friday december 20, 2024
    School holidays :

    Christmas Day

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    Wednesday december 25, 2024
    Catholic or protestant : Since pre-historic times in Europe, festivities (bonfires, offrerings) were marking the beginning of longer hours of daylight with fires and ritual. The Roman festival of Saturnalia lasted several days in December (gambling and offerings). Germanic tribes also celebrated mid-winter (drinking and rituals). The Bulgarian (with Koleduvane) and the Polish (with Gwiazdka) perpetuate this tradition. Jesus of Nazareth was probably born in springtime (Reformists favour autumn). But in the 4th century, December 25th was chosen for the celebration of his birth by Pope Julius I (Bishop Liberus is also mentioned in 354 A.D.). Thus, a Christian element was introduced in the long-established mid-winter festivals. Before 1582, the Papal States and other Italian city states celebrated New Year’s Day on Christmas Day.

    Boxing Day/Family Day

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    Thursday december 26, 2024
    Secular holiday : The day after Christmas, the Feast of St. Stephen, the first Christian martyr, is better known as Boxing Day. The term may come from the opening of church poor boxes that day; maybe from the earthenware boxes with which boy apprentices collected money at the doors of their masters' clients.

    New Year's Day

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    Wednesday january 1, 2025
    Secular holiday : The world's most widely celebrated holiday, New Years was set on January 1 by Julius Caesar because that was the date the Roman consuls took over their duties. Paid holiday when falling on Saturday or Sunday

    Constitution Day

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    Tuesday january 7, 2025
    Secular holiday : Constitution Day

    Christmas holiday (end)

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    Thursday january 9, 2025
    School holidays : Ministry of Education
    https://moe.gov.gh
    https://www.schoolgh.com/
    The multiple track system makes the holiday calendar very intricate; please check with above links -- furthermore contradictory decisions are constant
    calendar gazetted by the Ministry of Education as well as Ghana International School terms
    Education is divided into three phases: basic education, secondary education, tertiary education (universities and colleges).
    Education is compulsory between the ages of 4 and 15. The language of instruction is English
    Amount of instructional hours: 1134
    Uniform required
    Schools may remain open on Saturday
    One of nine major, government-sponsored indigenous languages is a compulsory subject for pupils in elementary education

    We carry confirmed dates till Aug 2025 -- Senior High follow a different calendar

    Please note that authorities may take last-minute decisions; please double-check if this information is vital to you
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    Valentine's Day

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    Friday february 14, 2025
    cards/flowers : Introduced by Pope Gelasus in 498, perhaps in response to a local Roman tradition of lovers writing their names on an urn in February