The school year coincides with the calendar year, and the first term begins on 2 January (unless it is a public holiday or the weekend). The school year comprises four terms of approximately 10 weeks each. * Term 1: January to March (Term 1 holidays: one week) * Term 2: March to May (Term 2
The school year in Russia traditionally starts on 1 September—The Knowledge Day—and lasts until 25 May which is also known as The Last School-Bell day for the graduates. The school year is divided into four terms, or ‘quarters’, separated by one- or two-week holidays (the first week in November, the first two weeks in January,
The school year in Portugal runs from September to June and it is divided in three Terms (or Períodos, in Portuguese): * 1st Term: From middle September until middle December * 2nd Term: From the beginning of January until Easter (March–April) * 3rd Term: From the week after Easter (April) until the end of June
In Poland the academic year begins on September 1 and ends on the first Friday after June 18. There is a Christmas break in December which lasts until after New Year’s Day. There is also a winter holiday break lasting two weeks in January or February but the exact date is different for each province
The Philippine school year runs for 10 months, and a school year must be at least 200 days as prescribed by law. The school year begins between the first, second or third weeks of June and lasts until the last week of March. For primary and secondary schools, an academic year is divided in quarters.
In Pakistan the school year runs from August to June. Students have a 8 weeks summer vacation and three week winter vacation. In the northern areas, Kashmir, and some areas of Balochistan where heavy snowfall paralyzes life in the winter, the schools close for two months and in such areas there are two weeks of
The school year in Oman is divided into two semesters. The first starts in early September and runs to early/mid January depending on the level. The second semester runs from early February to late May Usually there are exams at the end of each semester. Students get a number of breaks throughout the year: National
The New Zealand school year runs from the beginning of February to mid-December, and is divided into four terms. By law, all schools are required to be open for instruction for 380 half-days in a year (388 half-days for schools with only Year 8 students or below), meaning that the start and end of the
The school year in Mexico has a duration of nine months: starts in September and finishes in the last weeks of June. The calendar is designed by the Secretariat of Public Education SEP the government department overseeing public education in Mexico with arrangement of the leaders of the National Educational Workers Union SNTE. All public
The school year is split in two parts. It starts end of September and ends end of June the following year. School uniforms are mandatory. The teachers are also allowed to have relations with the students when ever they please