Holiday
West Bengal Government Notification related to Government Holidays, Public Holidays, Holidays under Negotiable Instruments Act (N.I. Act) etc.
I am directed to forward herewith the aforementioned Memo of the Department of School Education along with the approved Holiday List for the academic year 2023.
Academic Calendar 2016 and Holiday list – 2016 along with chapter-wise division of all subjects for the classes IX and X to be taught in 1st, 2nd and 3rd summative evaluations.
Birth Day of Swami Vivekananda: 12th January, Friday, Saraswati Puja (Sree Panchami): 22nd January, Monday, Birth Day of Netaji: 23rd January, Tuesday, 2018.
Offices will be closed at 02.00 PM on Tuesday, the 1st July, 2025 on account of the Birth Day of Late Dr. Bidhan Chandra Roy, Ex-Chief Minister of West Bengal.
As regular classes are suspended due to covid pandemic, the list of holidays is as per holiday list of West Bengal Govt. No holiday can be adjusted for months when regular classes will remain suspended.
Approved Holiday List for Primary Schools of West Bengal under DPSC/ PSC for the Academic year 2022 subject to the Government Orders in connection with COVID-19.
No. of Holidays in Secondary Schools for the changed Academic Sessions 2009-2010, 2010-2011, 2011-2012 & 2012 and the No. of days for Casual Leave to be enjoyed by the Teaching & Non-Teaching Staff of Secondary Schools.
Heads of all recognized Madrasahs are being instructed to follow the List of holidays – 2023 as per specimen list of holidays attached herewith.
Shri Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee, Ex-Chief Minister, Government of West Bengal breathed his last today i.e. 8 August, 2024.
LIST OF HOLIDAYS FOR FREE PRIMARY/ JUNIOR BASIC SCHOOLS OF WEST BENGAL FOR THE YEAR 2024 (1st January – 31st December, 2024)