We are almost at the end of the year and we know lotsa you should be already starting to plan for holiday for next year. Good news is that you can start planning already la … cause the MOE has just release both the public holidays and school holiday schedule for the year 2020 (Wawasan 2020)!
Ok .. Let’s talk about public holiday first so that you can plan ahead. You can look at the below table for the full public holiday in Malaysia
| Date | Day | Holiday | States |
| 01-Jan | Wed | New Year’s Day | National except Johor, |
| Kedah, Kelantan, Perlis | |||
| & Terengganu | |||
| 14-Jan | Tue | YDPB Negeri Sembilan’s Birthday | Negeri Sembilan |
| 19-Jan | Sun | Sultan of Kedah’s Birthday | Kedah |
| 25-Jan | Sat | Chinese New Year | National |
| 26-Jan | Sun | Chinese New Year Holiday | National |
| 27-Jan | Mon | Chinese New Year Holiday | National except Johor |
| & Kedah | |||
| 01-Feb | Sat | Federal Territory Day | Kuala Lumpur, Labuan |
| & Putrajaya | |||
| 08-Feb | Sat | Thaipusam | Johor, Kuala Lumpur, |
| Negeri Sembilan, Penang, | |||
| Perak, Putrajaya & | |||
| Selangor | |||
| 04-Mar | Wed | Installation of Sultan Terengganu | Terengganu |
| 22-Mar | Sun | Israk and Mikraj | Kedah, Negeri Sembilan |
| & Perlis | |||
| 23-Mar | Mon | Sultan of Johor’s Birthday | Johor |
| 23-Mar | Mon | Israk and Mikraj Holiday | Negeri Sembilan & |
| Perlis | |||
| 10-Apr | Fri | Good Friday | Sabah & Sarawak |
| 15-Apr | Wed | Declaration of Melaka as a Historical City | Melaka |
| 24-Apr | Fri | Awal Ramadan | Johor, Kedah & |
| Melaka | |||
| 26-Apr | Sun | Sultan of Terengganu’s Birthday | Terengganu |
| 26-Apr | Sun | Awal Ramadan Holiday | Johor & Kedah |
| 01-May | Fri | Labour Day | National |
| 03-May | Sun | Labour Day Holiday | Johor & Kedah |
| 07-May | Thu | Hari Hol Pahang | Pahang |
| 07-May | Thu | Wesak Day | National |
| 10-May | Sun | Nuzul Al-Quran | National except Johor, |
| Kedah, Melaka, Negeri | |||
| Sembilan, Sabah & | |||
| Sarawak | |||
| 11-May | Mon | Nuzul Al-Quran Holiday | Kuala Lumpur, Labuan, |
| Pahang, Penang, Perak, | |||
| Perlis, Putrajaya & | |||
| Selangor | |||
| 24-May | Sun | Hari Raya Aidilfitri | National |
| 25-May | Mon | Hari Raya Aidilfitri Holiday | National |
| 26-May | Tue | Hari Raya Aidilfitri Holiday | National except Johor, |
| Kedah, Kelantan & | |||
| Terengganu | |||
| 30-May | Sat | Harvest Festival | Labuan & Sabah |
| 31-May | Sun | Harvest Festival Holiday | Labuan & Sabah |
| 01-Jun | Mon | Hari Gawai | Sarawak |
| 01-Jun | Mon | Harvest Festival Holiday | Labuan & Sabah |
| 02-Jun | Tue | Hari Gawai Holiday | Sarawak |
| 06-Jun | Sat | Agong’s Birthday | National |
| 07-Jun | Sun | Agong’s Birthday Holiday | Kelantan & Terengganu |
| 07-Jul | Tue | Georgetown World Heritage City Day | Penang |
| 11-Jul | Sat | Penang Governor’s Birthday | Penang |
| 17-Jul | Fri | Raja Perlis’ Birthday | Perlis |
| 22-Jul | Wed | Sarawak Day | Sarawak |
| 30-Jul | Thu | Sultan of Pahang’s Birthday | Pahang |
| 30-Jul | Thu | Arafat Day | Terengganu |
| 31-Jul | Fri | Hari Raya Haji | National |
| 01-Aug | Sat | Hari Raya Haji Holiday | Kedah, Kelantan, Perlis |
| & Terengganu | |||
| 02-Aug | Sun | Hari Raya Haji Holiday | Kelantan & Terengganu |
| 20-Aug | Thu | Awal Muharram | National |
| 31-Aug | Mon | Merdeka Day | National |
| 16-Sep | Wed | Malaysia Day | National |
| 24-Sep | Thu | Hari Hol Almarhum Sultan Iskandar | Johor |
| 03-Oct | Sat | Sabah Governor’s Birthday | Sabah |
| 09-Oct | Fri | Melaka Governor’s Birthday | Melaka |
| 10-Oct | Sat | Sarawak Governor’s Birthday | Sarawak |
| 29-Oct | Thu | Prophet Muhammad’s Birthday | National |
| 06-Nov | Fri | Sultan of Perak’s Birthday | Perak |
| 11-Nov | Wed | Sultan of Kelantan’s Birthday | Kelantan |
| 12-Nov | Thu | Sultan of Kelantan’s Birthday Holiday | Kelantan |
| 14-Nov | Sat | Deepavali | National except Sarawak |
| 15-Nov | Sun | Deepavali Holiday | Kelantan & Terengganu |
| 11-Dec | Fri | Sultan of Selangor’s Birthday | Selangor |
| 25-Dec | Fri | Christmas Day | National |
| 27-Dec | Sun | Christmas Holiday | Johor & Kedah |
And next, we will move along to the school holiday. Bet most of the parents want to plan accordingly to the school holiday thus we would want to let you know up front. The below are the holiday table:
Group A (Johor, Kedah, Kelantan, Terengganu)
| School Holidays | Starts | Finishes |
| First Day of School | 01/01/2020 (Wed) | |
| Term 1 Holidays | 13/03/2020 (Fri) | 21/03/2020 (Sat) |
| Mid Year Holidays | 22/05/2020 (Fri) | 06/06/2020 (Sat) |
| Term 2 Holidays | 24/07/2020 (Fri) | 01/08/2020 (Sat) |
| End of Year Holidays | 20/11/2020 (Fri) | 31/12/2020 (Sat) |
Group B (Kuala Lumpur, Labuan, Melaka, Negeri Sembilan, Pahang, Perlis, Penang, Perak, Putrajaya, Sabah, Sarawak, Selangor)
| School Holidays | Starts | Finishes |
| First Day of School | 02/01/2020 (Thu) | |
| Term 1 Holidays | 14/03/2020 (Sat) | 22/03/2020 (Sun) |
| Mid Year Holidays | 23/05/2020 (Sat) | 07/06/2020 (Sun) |
| Term 2 Holidays | 25/07/2020 (Sat) | 02/08/2020 (Sun) |
| End of Year Holidays | 21/11/2020 (Sat) | 31/12/2020 (Sun) |
Other School Holidays in 2020
| School Holidays | Starts | Finishes | States |
| Chinese New Year Holidays | 22/01/2020 (Wed) | 23/01/2020 (Thu) | Group A |
| Chinese New Year Holidays | 23/01/2020 (Thu) | 24/01/2020 (Fri) | Group B |
| Hari Raya Aidilfitri Holidays | 20/05/2020 (Wed) | 21/05/2020 (Thu) | Group A |
| Hari Raya Aidilfitri Holidays | 21/05/2020 (Thu) | 22/05/2020 (Fri) | Group B |
| Deepavali Holidays | 15/11/2020 (Sun) | 16/11/2020 (Mon) | Group A |
| Deepavali Holidays | 13/11/2020 (Fri) | 16/11/2020 (Mon) | All States in Group B |
So there you have it. The full lists of the public holiday and the school holiday. You can now start making your planning on where to go with there dates! Make sure you also share with your friends as well!