The Saudi Arabia Eid-Al-Fitr 2022 school holiday has been announced – and KSA students will get a longer Eid 2022 break to spend with their families this year. The Eid school holiday will begin on Thursday April 21 in the Kingdom.
Saudi Arabia Eid-Al-Fitr 2022 school holidays for all students will now begin on Thursday evening, April 21 and end on Thursday May 5. His Highness King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud announced the Eid-Al-Fitr 2022 break for Saudi Arabia pupils on Wednesday April 20. The Eid 2022 holiday applies to schools, universities, and all education sectors. This will allow students to spend the last 10 or so days of Ramadan with their families.
It was previously announced that schools would continue up until Monday April 25, and that the Eid-Al-Fitr 2022 holiday would likely begin on Monday May 2 and end on Thursday May 5.
Eid is expected to start on Monday May 2, but the exact date will be confirmed by the moon-sighting committee in Saudi Arabia. Once the hilal (crescent moon) is sighted, we will know exactly when is Eid-Al-Fitr 2022 in Saudi Arabia.
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The Eid-Al-Fitr 2022 holiday for the private sector in Saudi Arabia was also announced by the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Development the same week. The Saudi Arabia Eid 2022 holiday for the private sector and non-profit sectors will start from “the end of the working day” on Saturday, April 30 and end on Thursday, May 5.
Private and public schools in Saudi Arabia have remained open during Ramadan 2022 with different learning hours under a flexible system. Classes have been held between 9am and 10am, depending on each school. Each lesson lasted a total of 35 minutes.
For universities and high schools, classes began at 9am, and all classes ended “according to the academic schedule for each grade stage”.
Curious about Eid in Saudi Arabia? Eid marks the end of Ramadan, a 29 or 30-day period of daily fasting and reflection for those observing. Eid-al-Fitr is one of the two festivals Muslims have each year. The name itself translates to “Feast of Breaking the Fast”. Eid falls on the first day of Shawwal in the Islamic calendar. Every year, the dates of Eid and Ramadan vary depending on when the crescent moon (hilal) is sighted by Saudi Arabia’s moon sighting committee.
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