The academic year

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The academic year is divided into 2 semesters.

Semester

•A semester is a period of 15 weeks.
•Teaching takes place during the first 12 weeks
•Assessment takes place during the final 2 or 3 weeks.
•Week 5 is a learning enhancement week.

Intersemester break

There is an intersemester break of 1 week between the two semesters.

Vacations

Vacation periods are as follows

•3 weeks at Christmas
•3 weeks at Easter, and
•a longer summer vacation.

However, the Christmas and Easter vacations will occur during semesters 1 and 2 instead of marking the ends of terms 1 and 2 respectively.

For this year's dates see Important Dates