Educational institutions across Bangladesh, from primary to higher secondary levels, reopened today after an extended closure of more than a month for the holy month of Ramadan and the Eid-ul-Fitr festival.
The prolonged vacation, lasting around forty days, officially ended on Thursday, 27 March. However, as Friday and Saturday were weekly holidays, academic activities formally resumed on Sunday, 29 March, restoring normal schooling nationwide.
According to the revised annual holiday schedule issued by the authorities, the Ramadan and Eid recess ran from 19 February to 26 March, with all institutions complying to ensure uniform implementation of the national academic calendar.
In a related policy decision, the government had earlier ordered the temporary closure of all public and private universities from 9 March, citing the ongoing global situation and the need "to save electricity and energy."
As a result, the Eid holidays in universities were effectively brought forward, reflecting an executive intervention aimed at resource optimisation and energy conservation.
Classes and academic activities are now set to resume in most higher education institutions across the country, including the University of Dhaka, marking a full reopening of the tertiary education sector following the government-declared leave period.
Meanwhile, regarding primary education, authorities have decided that government primary schools, which remained closed throughout Ramadan, will hold classes on ten consecutive Saturdays after reopening. This compensatory arrangement temporarily alters the conventional weekly holiday structure, with weekend classes scheduled to begin on April 4.
Officials stated that the measure has been implemented "to recover academic losses and maintain curriculum continuity," underscoring the government's commitment to safeguarding educational standards and minimising disruption.
