Uttar Pradesh Secondary Education Director Dr Mahendra Dev released the calendar for the UP academic session 2024-25. Schools in Uttar Pradesh will be closed for 118 days. 

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With permission from the administration of the school, the government has allowed female employees to take two additional vacations for fasting and celebrations and on Karwa Chauth. 

The plan calls for a 41-day summer holiday for schools in Uttar Pradesh, which will begin on May 21 and end on June 30, 2024. Including Sundays and the summer break, there will be 118 days in total of holidays. Secondary schools are scheduled to run for 233 days, plus an additional 15 days for board exams.

As the cold wave persists in North India, children attending schools are having a lot of difficulties. Due to the cold wave, the District Magistrate of Agra has ordered a holiday for tomorrow, January 2, in all districts. 

Here's a list of school holidays in Uttar Pradesh for the academic year 2024-25:

January 15 – Makar SankrantiJanuary 17 – Guru Gobind Singh JayantiJanuary 25 – Birthday of Mohammad Hazrat AliJanuary 26 – Republic DayFebruary 14 – Basant PanchamiFebruary 24 – Sant Ravidas JayantiMarch 8 – MahashivratriMarch 24 – Holika DahanMarch 25 – HoliMarch 29 – Good FridayApril 1 – Easter MondayApril 11 – Eid-ul-FitrApril 14 – Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar JayantiApril 17 – Ram NavamiApril 21 – Mahavir JayantiMay 21 to June 30 – Summer vacation (41 days)July 17 – MoharramAugust 15 – Independence DayAugust 19 – RakshabandhanAugust 25 – ChehallumAugust 26 – JanmashtamiSeptember 16 – Eid-e-Milad/ BarawafatSeptember 17 – Vishwakarma Puja/ Anant ChaturdashiOctober 2 – Mahatma Gandhi JayantiOctober 12 – Dussehra Mahanavami/ Vijay DashamiOctober 30 – Narak ChaturdashiOctober 31 – DiwaliNovember 2 – Govardhan PujaNovember 3 – Bhaiya Dooj/Chitragupta JayantiNovember 15 – Gurunanak Jayanti / Kartik PurnimaNovember 24 – Guru Tegh Bahadur Martyr’s DayDecember 25 – Christmas Day