When Is Deepavali School Holidays 2019

With the PT3 exams and most year-end exams either ongoing or ending, we now look forward to the Deepavali Festive Holidays 2019.

This year Deepavali falls on 27 October 2019, which is a Sunday. Monday, 28 October 2019 will be the replacement public holiday.

Kumpulan A schools which observe a Friday and Saturday weekend have the following extra days off school: 28 Oct (Mon) and 29 Oct (Tue).

Therefore Kumpulan A schools ie schools in Johor, Kedah, Kelantan and Terengganu will be off from 25 Oct (Fri) until 29 Oct (Tue) 2019


Kumpulan B schools which observe Saturday and Sunday as weekend will have the following extra days off school: 25 Oct (Fri) and 29 Oct (Tue) with the exception of Sarawak which lists 28 Oct (Mon) as another off day.

Therefore Kumpulan B schools ie schools in Perlis, Pulau Pinang, Perak, Selangor, Negeri Sembilan, Melaka, Pahang, Sabah, Sarawak, Wilayah Persekutuan Kuala Lumpur, Labuan and Putrajaya will also be off from 25 Oct (Fri) until 29 Oct (Tue) 2019


Year End school holidays start next month from 22 or 23 November 2019 depending on which state you are from.

It is nice to note that the new arrangement of having festive holidays for all festivals now include a couple of days off for Deepavali too instead of just one day as it was previously.

To all readers who celebrate Deepavali, here's wishing that you have a good time preparing for the festival.