1. Owing to an error in the drafting of the Afrikaans and Xhosa versions of IMG Minute 0014/2012, dated 28 March 2012, that Minute is hereby revised.
2. The approved school calendar for 2013 is as follows:

TERM OPENS CLOSES
FIRST 14 JANUARY (educators)
16 JANUARY (learners)		 28 MARCH
SECOND 8 APRIL 21 JUNE
THIRD 15 JULY 20 SEPTEMBER
FOURTH 1 OCTOBER 4 DECEMBER (learners)
6 DECEMBER (educators)

TERM NO. OF WEEKS NO. OF DAYS NO. OF PUBLIC HOLIDAYS ACTUAL NO. OF SCHOOL DAYS
FIRST 11 (54) 52 1 + 1 (52) 50
SECOND 11 55 2 53
THIRD 10 50 1 49
FOURTH 10 (49) 47 0 (49) 47
TOTAL 42 (208) 204 5 (4 + 1) (203) 199

Note: Numbers in brackets are for educators.
3. Public and school holidays in 2013:

1 January 2013 - New Year’s Day
21 March 2013 - Human Rights Day
22 March 2013 - School Holiday
29 March 2013 - Good Friday
1 April 2013 - Family Day
27 April 2013 - Freedom Day
1 May 2013 - Workers' Day
16 June 2013 - Youth Day
17 June 2013 - Public Holiday
9 August 2013 - National Women's Day
24 September 2013 - Heritage Day
16 December 2013 - Day of Reconciliation
25 December 2013 - Christmas Day
26 December 2013 - Day of Goodwill
4. Principals are urgently requested to inform all educators, learners, parents and members of governing bodies of the contents of this minute.


SIGNED: JH LYNERS
DEPUTY DIRECTOR-GENERAL: INSTITUTION DEVELOPMENT AND CO-ORDINATION
DATE: 2012:08:17