And with regard to holidays? These range from a minimum of 6 to a maximum 13 weeks. Let us look at the details.
If you were born in France, the United Kingdom, Germany, Lichtenstein, Norway, Poland or in the Czech Republic, the summer holidays are certainly not as long as they are in Italy, Turkey, or Latvia. The statistical experiment reports, however, that in places where the summer holidays are shorter, the scholastic weeks are lighter and are compensated for by holiday periods, even if these are shorter.
In France, for example, every 6 or 7 weeks of lessons, two weeks of holidays are taken, with the aim of greater performance. Not to mention the “Petites Vacances” (short holidays): namely, short but enviable winter holidays in February…
Which school system is famed for being the best, the most performative? With a unanimous voice, all of Scandinavia would seem to obtain this reputation. And there appear to be many reaons for this.
Given the various and important motives and the large number of countries involved in the classifications, it will be a good idea to examine these in detail. To do this, a useful site may be
Eurydice, the European information network that provides analyses and comparisons on instruction. It originated in 1980 at the initiative of the European Commission, and has its main offices in Bruxelles.