Singapore legislation
Regulation 82
Regulation 82
Terms and holidays
Subregulation 1
Full-time primary and full‑time secondary schools must open at least 191 days in each year and must provide instruction for at least —
20 hours per week during the first year of the primary course;
22½ hours per week during the second, third and fourth years of the primary course; or
24¾ hours per week in the subsequent years of the primary course and in the secondary course.
Subregulation 2
The supervisor of every school must submit to the Director‑General at least 14 days before the beginning of every school year a statement of the proposed school terms and vacations together with the dates of proposed additional holidays falling within the school terms proposed.
Subregulation 3
The Director-General may by notice in writing to the supervisor of any school require such alterations in the length of the school terms proposed by the school as the Director‑General may consider advisable in the interests of the pupils.
Subregulation 4
The Director-General may by notice in writing to the supervisor of any school prohibit the granting of a holiday on any particular day and the supervisor must thereupon ensure that the normal work of the school continues on that day.
Subregulation 5
The Director-General may by notice in writing to the supervisor of any school require the school to observe a holiday on any day specified in the notice and the supervisor must thereupon ensure that the holiday is observed.