In the United Kingdom, the school year is generally divided into three terms running from autumn to summer. The school year consists of 195 days of which there are 190 teaching days and 5 INSET teacher training days. The structure of the school year varies between the constituent countries of the United Kingdom with school
In Scotland the school year generally runs from mid- to late August to late June or early July of the following year (usually in eastern counties from the third Monday in August to the first Friday in July and in western counties from the second Monday in August to the last Friday in June). Most
All South African public schools have a four-term school year as determined by the national Department of Education. Each term is between 10 and 11 weeks long. The terms are roughly structured as follows: First Term * Begins mid-January and ends before Good Friday (Usually in March or April). * Followed by the Easter Holidays,
The school year in Slovenia for elementary and grammar schools begins on 1 September and formally ends on 31 August, although classes and exams are finished by 25 June. July and August thus constitute summer holidays. There are also four one-week breaks during the school year, occurring around All Saints Day, between Christmas and New
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
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