Basic education year and holidays
The school year 2023-2024 for Finnish-speaking and Swedish-speaking basic education will begin on Thursday, 10 August 2023 and end on Saturday, 1 June 2024.
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 188 working days during the 2023-2024 academic year. The Saturday 16 December 2023 is a school working day.
School days 2023-2024
- 10.8.2023 academic year begins
- 16.-20.10.2023 Autumn holiday
- 6.12.2023 Independence day
- 22.12.2023 – 5.1.2024 Christmas holiday
- 26.2.-1.3.2024 Winter holiday
- 29.3.-1.4.2024 Easter
- 1.5.2024 May Day
- 9.5.2024 Ascension day
- 1.6.2024 academic year ends