| Ministry of Education and Culture
| education, school
The state government has approved the Ministry of Education and Culture (MBK) proposal for Saarland holiday regulations for school years 25/2024 to 30/2029.
According to this, the carnival holidays in the Saarland should be preserved, unlike in Rhineland-Palatinate. The decision of the Council of Ministers is now followed by the so-called external hearing. Interest groups and associations can submit declarations on the proposal within a period of four weeks.
Education Minister Christine Streichert-Clivot: “The new multi-year holiday regulations create planning security for children, young people, families and our school teams. We therefore move within the framework specified by the Conference of Ministers of Education. , we want large overlaps with our neighboring state of Rhineland-Palatinate during the holidays and the teaching periods between individual holidays should not be too long.
The proposal now adopted provides for teaching periods of the same length as possible between the individual holiday periods. Continuous teaching periods longer than 10 weeks are avoided. At the same time, a common central week and identical summer holidays with Rhineland-Palatinate will be maintained in as many holiday periods as possible. Unlike in Rhineland-Palatinate, carnival celebrations in the Saarland should be preserved. The proposed new holiday regulation also allows the greatest possible flexibility in planning and scheduling central examinations.
The proposal of the Ministry of Education and Culture (MBK) for Saarland holiday regulations for the school years 2024/25 to 2029/30 was preceded, inter alia, by consultations with the entire state representation of parents and the main staff councils of all types of schools. The Saarland State Student Council (LSV) was also invited.
Now follows the so-called external hearing: interest groups and associations can submit their official statements on the proposal within a period of four weeks. After that, the state government will make the final decision.
Vacation dates and number of flexible vacation days according to the draft vacation regulations
School year 2024/25:
Autumn break: October 14, 2024 – October 25, 2024
Christmas holidays: December 23, 2024 – January 3, 2025
Shrove Tuesday: February 24, 2025 – March 4, 2025
Easter holidays: April 14, 2025 – April 25, 2025
Summer holidays: July 7, 2025 – August 14, 2025
Schools still have three flexible vacation days.
School year 2025/26:
Autumn break: 13 October 2025 – 24 October 2025
Christmas holidays: December 22, 2025 – January 2, 2026
Fastnachtsferien: February 16, 2026 – February 20, 2026
Easter holidays: 7 April 2026 – 17 April 2026
Summer holidays: June 29, 2026 – August 7, 2026
Schools still have two flexible vacation days.
School year 2026/27:
Autumn break: 5 October 2026 – 16 October 2026
Christmas holidays: 21 December 2026 – 31 December 2026
Fastnachtsferien: February 8, 2027 – February 12, 2027
Easter holidays: March 30, 2027 – April 9, 2027
Summer holidays: June 28, 2027 – August 6, 2027
Schools still have two flexible vacation days.
School year 2027/28:
Autumn break: 4 October 2027 – 15 October 2027
Christmas Holidays: December 20, 2027 – December 31, 2027
Fastnachtsferien: February 21, 2028 – February 29, 2028
Easter holidays: 12 April 2028 – 21 April 2028
Summer holidays: July 3, 2028 – August 11, 2028
Schools still have a flexible day off.
School year 2028/29:
Autumn break: 9 October 2028 – 20 October 2028
Christmas Holidays: December 20, 2028 – January 2, 2029
Fastnachtsferien: February 12, 2029 – February 16, 2029
Easter holidays: March 26, 2029 – April 6, 2029
Pentecost holidays: May 22, 2029 – May 25, 2029
Summer holidays: July 16, 2029 – August 24, 2029
Schools don’t have a flexible vacation day.
School year 2029/30:
Autumn break: October 22, 2029 – November 2, 2029
Christmas holidays: December 21, 2029 – January 4, 2030
Shrove Tuesday: February 25, 2030 – March 5, 2030
Easter holidays: April 15, 2030 – April 26, 2030
Summer holidays July 22, 2030 – August 30, 2030
Schools still have three flexible vacation days.
The dates of the flexible leave days are set annually by the school congress of the respective school. They should be coordinated at the community level.
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