School Holidays December 2025: December 2025 will bring many days when schools across India will not open. This month has 19 days when students will not attend school because of weekends and many local festivals. Some states will also close schools for weather problems or big seasonal breaks. Many schools have already shared that they will stay shut for Christmas and New Year as well.
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Jammu & Kashmir Declares Long Winter Break
Schools in the winter zones of Jammu & Kashmir will stay shut from December 8 to December 14. The weather has become very cold with early snow and heavy fog. The government feels that bad weather makes travel unsafe for children. Parents and teachers have praised the move because they believe student safety matters the most in winter.
The full winter vacation plan for the 2025–26 year is also out and will work like this:
- Pre-primary: 26 November 2025 – 28 February 2026
- Classes 1–8: 1 December 2025 – 28 February 2026
- Classes 9–12: 11 December 2025 – 22 February 2026
Holidays to South India
Tamil Nadu, Puducherry, and coastal Andhra Pradesh will follow the usual big holidays that come at the end of the month.
- Christmas Eve: December 24, 2025
- Christmas Day: December 25, 2025 (Thursday)
- New Year’s Eve: December 31, 2025
Schools in these places will also take winter breaks. Most schools plan to close toward the end of December and reopen sometime in early January.
Many districts in these regions face constant rain and alerts linked to cyclones. Because of this, the local officers have given precautionary holidays between December 11 and December 13 but there are no official fixed orders yet. Schools have asked parents to keep checking messages because changing rain may force more sudden holidays.
Kerala Local Body Elections
Kerala will shut all private and government schools on December 9 and December 11. These buildings will become polling booths for local body elections. Because polling staff need space to work the state has decided to keep all schools closed on those two days.
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Telangana Elections
In Telangana, the State Teachers and Colleges Employees Association has asked the government to declare holidays in Hyderabad and Ranga Reddy on December 11, December 14, and December 17. These dates match the Gram Panchayat elections.
Big universities like Osmania University and JNTUH have exams planned on the same days. Officials are trying to decide if they should change exam dates or give public holidays so students do not face problems trying to vote.
Teacher Strike in Maharashtra
Many schools in Maharashtra are not running normally because of a large strike by teachers and school staff. Areas like Marathwada are facing the most trouble. Some schools are open for only a few hours while others have stopped physical classes because there are not enough employees present.
