Academic Term - Mexico

Mexico

The school year in Mexico starts in mid-August and ends in the first days of July and, by law, must cover 200 days. The calendar is designed by the Secretariat of Public Education Spanish: Secretaría de Educación Pública, SEP), the government department overseeing public education in Mexico with arrangement of the leaders of the National Educational Workers Union (Spanish: Sindicato Nacional de Trabajadores de la Educación, SNTE). All public and private elementary schools under the guidance of the dependence observe this year. In the case of universities, normally the school year starts in the last week of July and is divided in semesters, trimesters or semesters. Christmas Break is usually 3 weeks.