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 summer vacation. At the university level, the semester system is followed. Read More…. »View More
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 Day on 18 November, New Higri year break, Prophet Mohammed birthday break, Eid Al-Fitr break and Eid Al-Adha break. As most of these breaks depend on the Higri year... Read More....
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 school year is not nationally fixed to a particular date. In general, terms run as follows if Easter falls in April: Read More…. »View More
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 and private elementary schools under the guidance of the dependence observe this year. In the case of universities normally their school years... Read More....
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. »View More
There are two semesters in each primary and secondary school year in Malaysia. The first semester begins in the first week of January and ends in late May the same year. After the mid-term holidays, which lasts for two weeks, the final semester will commence in June and ends in early November. The following school year will start after a two-month long school holiday in November to early January. The last day of school is generally Friday, with the first day of a long school holiday... Read More....
In Lithuania, elementary and high school begin at 1 September and end in the middle of June. Schools also take breaks/holidays: * Autumn break: One week at start of November * Christmas break: Two weeks around Christmas and New Year * Additional break: One week of end of February. Only in primary school and primary classes in elementary schools * Easter break: One week around the Easter. * Summer break: From June to September »View More
In South Korea, the school year is divided into two terms. The first term runs from early March to late August with the summer vacation from mid-July to mid-August (elementary and secondary schools) and from mid-June to late August (higher education institutions). The second term usually resumes in late August and runs until mid-February. In the second term, there is a long winter break from mid-December to early February. »View More
In Japan, almost all schools run a three-term school year (trimester system), and most universities and colleges have a semester system. Most schools with a trimester system have a first term from April 1 to mid-July. The exact date of the beginning of the summer break and its duration vary across regions, but commonly the break lasts for about one or two months. The break originated to avoid the heat in summer, so elementary, middle, and high schools in Hokkaidō and Nagano... Read More....
The school year in Israel starts in elementary and high schools on September 1, and ends on June 20 (middle and high schools) or June 30 (elementary schools). There are no fixed holidays of equal length, with breaks occurring on national holidays, usually two or three days. On Hannukah (December) there is a seven day break, on Sukkot (autumn) there is a nine day break, and on Passover (spring) the break is 2–3 weeks long. The university academic year starts after Sukkot (typically... Read More....