When is Chinese New Year Holidays 2020

When is Chinese New Year 2020?

It's December 2019 right now. Isn't it a bit early to talk about Chinese New Year school holidays? School hasn't even started yet! However, as most of us Malaysians know, we have to plan ahead for everything. If you are going to be travelling around this time, you need to book your flight or bus tickets and there's accommodation to take care of too.

In 2020, Chinese New Year falls on 25th and 26th January. Well, that just happens to be a Saturday and a Sunday. What about the Chinese New Year festive school holidays?

According to the Festive Holiday calendar issued by the Ministry of Education, the Chinese New Year school holidays is as follows:

22 Jan (Wed) and 23 Jan (Thur) for schools in Kumpulan A
23 Jan (Thur) and 24 Jan (Fri) for schools in Kumpulan B

What this means...

• Schools in Kumpulan A which observe Fri and Sat as weekends ie Johor, Kedah, Kelantan and Terengganu will have days off from 22 - 26 Jan 2020 (Wed to Sun). School reopens on the 3rd day of CNY for schools in Kumpulan A

*CP = Cuti Perayaan allocated to schools for CNY festive holiday

** 24th Jan is a weekend, therefore it is an off day

• Schools in Kumpulan B which observe Sat and Sun as weekends ie Perlis, Pulau Pinang, Perak, Selangor, Negeri Sembilan, Melaka, Pahang, Sabah, Sarawak, Wilayah Persekutuan Kuala Lumpur, Labuan and Putrajaya will have days off from 23 - 27 Jan 2020 (Thur to Mon). Schools reopen on the 4th day of CNY for schools in Kumpulan B

*CP = Cuti Perayaan allocated to schools for CNY festive holiday

** Monday, 27th January 2020 is a replacement day off for Kump B which observes Sat and Sun as weekend

Now that you know the dates, you can use these dates as a guide to plan your balik kampung trips. It's only slightly over a month away.