Basic education year and holidays
The school year 2022-2023 for Finnish-speaking and Swedish-speaking basic education will begin on Monday, 15 August 2022 and end on Saturday, 3 June 2023.
Under section 23 of the Basic Education Act, a school year is 190 working days, less the Independence Day, Epiphany (6 January) and 1 May, if they fall on a different weekday than Saturday. According to this, there are a total of 187 working days during the 2022-2023 academic year. The Saturday 17 December 2022 is a school working day.
School days 2022-2023
- 15.8.2022 academic year begins
- 17 – 21.10.2022 Autumn holiday
- 6.12.2022 Independence day
- 22.12.2022 – 3.1.2023 Christmas holiday
- 6.1.2023 Epiphany
- 27.2 – 3.3.2023 Winter holiday
- 7.4 – 10.4.2023 Easter
- 1.5.2023 May Day
- 18.5.2023 Ascension day
- 3.6.2023 academic year ends