| New Year's Day - Wednesday January 1, 2020 Secular holiday : The world's most widely celebrated holiday, New Years was set on January 1 by Julius Caesar because that was the date the Roman consuls took over their duties. Paid holiday when falling on Saturday or Sunday
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| School holidays - Friday January 1, 2021 School holidays : Www.argentina.gob.ar
calendars gazetted by the respective Departments of Education
Each province carries its own specific set of holidays, please scroll on the concerned province
Number of teaching day: 187
PISA ranking (average 493): 475
Schooling is mandatory till age 16
average number of instructional hours per year in lower secondary education: 1370
many schools operate on Saturday
school uniforms are generally worn
University of Buenos Aires ranking: Times Higher Education #--/QS ranking #75/Shanghai #151-200
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| Bank Holiday - Monday February 17, 2020 Secular holiday : Declared a provincial bank holiday as of 2007.
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| Civil Servants Day - Tuesday February 18, 2020 Secular holiday : As of 2007
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| Carnival - Monday February 24, 2020 Secular holiday : The Gualeguaychu Carnival: dressed in colorful suits, groups of people are dancing. Bands of street musicians (Murgas) participate in giant parades or Corsos . from 2011 onwards
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| Carnival - Tuesday February 25, 2020 Secular holiday : The Gualeguaychu Carnival: groups of people dance dressed in colorful suits. Murgas bands of street musicians participate in giant parades or Corsos. from 2011 onwards
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| Beginning of school year - Monday March 2, 2020 School holidays :
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| Public holiday - Monday March 23, 2020 Secular holiday :
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| National day of the Memory by the Truth and Justice - Tuesday March 24, 2020 Secular holiday : Commemoration of the 1976 coup that ushered in the last dictatorship of the country. Paid holiday when falling on Saturday or Sunday
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| Malvinas Day - Thursday April 2, 2020 Secular holiday : Veterans Day and tribute to the fallen in the Malvinas War Paid holiday when falling on Saturday or Sunday Used to be celebrated on June 10 until 2004.
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| Maundy Thursday - Thursday April 9, 2020 cards/flowers :
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| Good Friday - Friday April 10, 2020 Catholic or protestant : The First Council of Nicaea (a gathering of bishops in the early days of Christianity) wanted to find a day to commemorate the crucifixion and resurrection of Christ.
This commemoration had to be linked to Jewish holiday traditions, since the last supper of Christ was believed to be a Jewish Passover meal. But the Jewish calendar is based on lunar and solar cycles, so the Easter celebration had to follow the same calendar.
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| Easter - Sunday April 12, 2020 Catholic or protestant : Not a paid holiday
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