The Katsina State Government has announced the resumption of the second term for the 2025/2026 academic session while also releasing the approved school calendar for all public, private and community primary and secondary schools across the state.
According to the Ministry of Basic and Secondary Education, boarding secondary school students are to resume on Sunday, December 28, 2025, while day students will resume on Sunday, January 11, 2026. The directive applies to all boarding schools in the state, including Unity Secondary School, Malumfashi and Jibia, as well as exchange students.
The Ministry disclosed that the end-of-first-term examinations for all boarding secondary schools will commence on Monday, December 29, 2025.
In addition, Senior Secondary School III (SS III) students have been directed to complete their offline registration for the 2026 West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) between December 28 and December 31, 2025. The Ministry warned that failure to complete the registration within the stipulated period could result in affected students repeating the academic year.
Meanwhile, the state government has also released the approved school calendar for the 2025/2026 academic session, detailing term durations, holidays and special breaks.
Under the calendar, the first term, which began on Monday, September 1, 2025, will end on Friday, December 12, 2025, followed by a holiday that runs until Saturday, January 10, 2026.
The second term is scheduled to commence on Sunday, January 11, 2026, and will run until Wednesday, February 18, 2026, after which schools will observe the Ramadan break from February 18 to March 21, 2026. Academic activities will resume for the continuation of the second term on Sunday, March 22, 2026, and the term will officially close on Friday, April 24, 2026.
The third term will begin on Sunday, May 10, 2026, and end on Friday, August 14, 2026, followed by a long vacation lasting until Saturday, September 5, 2026.
The Ministry clarified that boarding students are to resume on Sundays, while day students are to resume on Mondays, in line with established practice. All national and public holidays are to be observed throughout the academic session.
Parents, guardians, school administrators, principals and proprietors have been urged to strictly comply with the approved calendar and resumption directives to ensure smooth academic activities across the state.
The announcements were contained in official statements signed by Sani Danjuma Suleiman, Public Relations Officer, and Raliya Yusof Jiba, Director of Schools (Senior), on behalf of the Honourable Commissioner for Basic and Secondary Education.
