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2025 Holiday Calendar

The Directorate of Secondary Education, Odisha has declared a list of holidays for secondary schools for the calendar year 2025, including various festivals and commemorative occasions. Schools are required to follow this common holiday list and prepare their own lists for optional and local holidays to be submitted by January 20, 2025. Local holidays may be availed with prior permission from the District Education Officer, and certain national observances must be celebrated in all schools.

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2025 Holiday Calendar

The Directorate of Secondary Education, Odisha has declared a list of holidays for secondary schools for the calendar year 2025, including various festivals and commemorative occasions. Schools are required to follow this common holiday list and prepare their own lists for optional and local holidays to be submitted by January 20, 2025. Local holidays may be availed with prior permission from the District Education Officer, and certain national observances must be celebrated in all schools.

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DIRECTORATE OF SECONDARY EDUCATION, ODISHA, BHUBANESWAR

O,d„ N,.DSEO-FEI-MISC-O041-2022-II 3WR58 //Dt. OH . ( g: Dq


The following days during the calendar year 2025 being the days of
Festive/Commemorative occasions are hereby declared as holidays for Secondary Schools of
the State. The common holiday list is to be strictly followed in all categories of Secondary
Schools functioning under jurisdiction of the Directorate of Secondary Education, Odisha during
the calendar year 2025.

HOLIDAY LIST FOR SECONDARY SCHOOLS FOR THE CALENDAR YEAR 2025

Name of the 1 Date(s) of No. of days


SI.No. 1 festival/commemorative
occasion
I celebration/Obs
I ervation
excluding
sunda ry
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1 2 3 4 5 6
1 New Year 01.01.2025 1 Rednesday
2 Sambadasami 09.01.2025 1 Thursday
3 Makar Sankranti 14.01.2025 1 Tuesday
Subash- Chandra Bose
4 Jayanti/Vir Surendra Sai 23.01.2025 1
Thursday 1Observance
Jayanti
5 Maha Shivaratri 26.02.2025 1 Wednesday
6 Panchayati Raj Divas 05.03.2025 1 Wednesday
7 Dola Purnima 14.03.2025 1
Friday
8 Holi 15.03.2025 1
Saturday
9 Id Ul Fitre 31.03.2025 1
Monday
10 Utkal Divas 01.04.2025 1 Tuesday Observance
Maha Vishuva
11 Sankranti/Dr. B.R 14.04.2025 1 Monday
AmbedkarJayanti
12 Good Friday 18.04.2025 1 Friday

06.05. 2025 to 39(excluding 6 Tuesday to


13 1SummerVacation 19.06.2025 Sundays) Thursday

14 Ratha Yatra 27.06.2025 1 Friday

15 Bahuda Yatra 05.07.2025 1 Saturday


16 Jhulana Purnima(Rakshya 09.08.2025 1 Saturday
Bandhan)
17 Independence
Day/Janmasami
15.08.2025 1 Friday I Observance
18 Ganesh Puja 27.08.2025 1
Wednesday 1 Observance
19 Nuakhai 28.08.2025 1 Thursday

Guru Divas/Birthday of
20
Prophet Muhammad
05.09.2025 1
Friday I Observance
29.09.2025 to 8(excludingl Monday to
21 Puja Vacation
07.10.2025 Sunday) Tuesday

22 Diwali/Kalipuja 21.10.2025 1 Tuesday .

23 Badaosha 04.11.2025 1 Tuesday

24 Rahas Purnima 05.11.2025 1 Wednesday

25 Prathamastami 12.11.2025 1 Wednesday


26 Sishu Divas 14.11.2025 1
Friday 1Observance
27 Sesa Manabasa Gurubara 04.12.2025 1 Thursday
23.12.2025 to 8(excluding one Tuesday td
28 X-Mass Holiday
31.12.2025 day Sunday) Wednesday
29 Local ,'Visitors Holiday 2 days 2 +++++ + + t +

82

1. Local holidays are to be availed as per local needs with prior permission of the District
Education Officer and no deviation will be allowed.
2. Republic Day,Basanta Panchami, Netaji Jayant!, , Utkal Divas, Independence Day, Guru
Divas, Ganesh Puja, Gandhi Jayanti and Sishu Divas etc are to be observed in all the
schools in a befitting manner.
3. Annual programme for optional holidays to be availed by employees is to be prepared
by each school as per the Optional Holiday list published by Govt. of Odisha. Similarly
the list of local holidays to be availed by the school as per local need is to be prepared
by each school. Both these lists are to be submitted to the District Education Officer by
20th January, 2025.
4 The total 2 local holidays shall include the local holiday declared by RDC if any.
5 Un-availed Visitor’s Holiday will be availed pre-fixing to X-Mass Holidays with
permission of the District Education Officer.
Memo No_ 3 )q 59 /Date .'t . ta. U+
Copy forwarded to all District Education Officers of the State for information and
necessary action. They are requested to circulate the list to all Govt. /Aided;Secondary
Schools under their jurisdiction. \ /->
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Joint Director

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Copy suk>In:1:ted to P.S to Hon’ble Minister, SCII:iOl & Mass Education, Odisha,
Bhubaneswar / Additional Secretary to .Govt. School - & Mass Education' Dep lament,
Odisha, Bhub3neswar for favour of kind information and necessary action. Q r
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Joint Director 1

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Copy forwarded to all Coilector/Director,
Elementary Education, Odisha/SPD,
OSEPA, Bhubaneswar/ Director, Higher Secondary Education, Odisha, Bhubaneswar/ All
Regional Directors of Education for kind information and necessary action. L/'l
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Joint Director

Memo No 3 q q6 a /Dat, out' tg'W


Copy forwarded to all the Branch Officers/ Section Officers of this Directorite/ P.A
to DSE(O) for information and necessary action. a D
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Joint director /

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