Hatua za shule zinaundwa na mihula thelathini na sita (36) mfululizo, na kila muhula ni siku themanini na tatu (83). Kila muhula hupewa kundi la vitengo vya kufundishia. Mwanafunzi huanza hatua za shule na muhula wa kwanza. Anapofaulu kozi moja hupandishwa hadi inayofuata, mpaka akamilishe hatua za shule kwa kufaulu mihula yote thelathini na sita. Mwaka wa Hijria umegawanywa katika mihula minne yenye urefu sawa kwa vipindi, huku kukiwa na mapumziko ya wanafunzi ya siku tatu (3) kati ya kila muhula. Chati ifuatayo inaonyesha tarehe za kuanza na kumalizika kwa kila muhula, pamoja na vipindi vya mapumziko vinavyotenganisha kozi hizo:

School stages are composed of thirty-six (36) consecutive terms, each being eighty-three (83) days. Each term is assigned a group of teaching units. The student commences school stages with the first term. He is promoted upon succeeding in a course to the next one until he completes the school stages by successfully completing all thirty-six terms. The Hijri year is divided into four periodically equal terms, with a student holiday break interval of three (3) days between each term. The following chart demonstrates the commencement and completion dates of each term, and the break intervals separating the courses:

CHATI: RATIBA YA MASOMO YA MWAKA WA SHULE NA LIKIZO

CHART: ANNUAL SCHOOL Courses and HOLIDAYS

Mtoto huingia shuleni mara tu anapotimiza umri wa miaka sita kulingana na kalenda ya Hijria. Kwa hiyo, shule za Serikali zitawapokea wanafunzi wapya mwanzoni mwa kila muhula kati ya mihula minne ya kila mwaka, yaani takriban kila miezi mitatu. Mtoto anaweza kuingia katika muhula wa kwanza (kati ya minne inayopatikana katika mwaka) ulio karibu zaidi na wakati anapotimiza umri wa miaka sita kulingana na kalenda ya Hijria.

The child enters school immediately upon completing six years of age according to the Hijri calendar. Accordingly, State schools will accept new students at the beginning of each school term of the four terms of each year i.e. approximately every three months. The child is able to enter the first school term (of the four available in the year) nearest to his attaining six years of age according to the Hijri calendar.

Mwanafunzi anaweza kupumzika muhula mmoja tu baada ya kila mihula mitatu mfululizo angalau, lakini pia anaweza kuendelea na masomo yake bila mapumziko yoyote kama hayo. Hivyo, mfumo huu unamwezesha mwanafunzi makini kumaliza hatua za shule kwa muda mfupi zaidi kuliko wenzake, kwa kuendelea na masomo yake ndani ya mihula ya shule kwa mafanikio bila kuchukua vipindi vya mapumziko au kuvipunguza. Kitengo cha muda wa masomo ni muhula wa shule unaojumuisha siku 83, si mwaka wa kalenda; kila muhula una mtaala wake maalum wa masomo na wanafunzi wake.

The student can rest one school term only after every three consecutive terms at the least, but he can also continue his study without any such rest. Thus the system enables the serious student to complete the school stages in a shorter time than his contemporaries by continuing his studies within the school terms successfully without taking the rest periods or reducing them. The study time unit is the school term which is composed of 83 days and not the annual year; each term has its own subject curriculum and students.

Mwanafunzi anayeendelea na mihula yake ya shule kwa mafanikio bila kuchukua likizo yoyote anaweza kukamilisha mihula thelathini na sita katika miaka tisa (36/4=9 miaka), na hapo atakuwa amemaliza hatua za shule anapofikisha umri wa miaka 15. Iwapo atasoma mihula thelathini na sita kwa wastani wa mihula mitatu tu kwa mwaka, yaani kwa kawaida akipumzika mihula moja ya shule baada ya kila mihula mitatu mfululizo, pamoja na kukamilisha kwa mafanikio mihula yote, atamaliza hatua za shule katika miaka kumi na miwili (36/3=12 miaka), na hapo atakuwa amemaliza hatua za shule anapofikisha umri wa miaka 18.

The student who continues his school terms successfully without taking any leave can complete thirty-six terms in nine years (36/4=9 years) whereupon he would have completed the school stages upon completing 15 years of age. If he studies the thirty-six terms at an average of only three school terms every year i.e. by usually resting one school term after every three consecutive terms, together with successfully completing all terms, he would complete the school stages in twelve years (36/3=12 years) whereupon he would complete the school stages upon attaining 18 years of age.