in late-January the following year (used to be late-November before 2021), prior to the national exams. Some states that have their weekends on Friday and Saturday instead of Sunday will start and end the school year a day earlier or later (depending on the year) as compared to the other states. The school terms are divided into 4 terms, the 1st and 3rd term ends with a 1 week break while the 2nd term, also known as the mid-year term, ends with a 2 week mid-year break. The last term ends with a long break that last just about over a month (about 40 days). The national exams (Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia) are also held in February during the long break. National holidays are observed by all schools throughout the nation while state public holidays are only observed by schools within the states. Schools, at their own discretion, also usually give week long breaks for festival holidays like the Lunar New Year or Hari Raya Aidilfitri as students and teachers will be returning to their hometowns with their families. Pakistan In Pakistan, the Government and Private schools hold their annual examinations in February–March Period. After Annual examinations, The First Day of New academic year of Students is between end of March or early April. Boards in Pakistan like BISE also start their first Day of academic year of Students in between March and April. Academic year of Students consist of summer vacations which are started on end of May or early June till 14th August (Independence Day of Pakistan). Academic Year of Students also consists of Winter Vacations which are started on end of December till first week of January. The First Day of School School usually starts on the 1st week of April. But due to the pandemic this 2022, it started around the 2nd week of August. Because of the pandemic, schools switched to online classes. The problem was not all families could afford electronics for their children's education. So eventually,face-to-face classes were resumed. Qatar The first day of school in Qatar is on September 15. Singapore The school year for all Singapore primary and secondary schools starts from early January and ends sometimes in late November. This takes into account 40 weeks of curriculum time for teaching and learning before the start of the national examinations, and six weeks of school vacation at end of the year for