New Year's Day
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Monday january 1, 2024
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
Christmas holiday (end)
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Monday january 8, 2024
School holidays : Www.education.gouv.fr
Zone A: Besançon, Bordeaux, Clermont, Dijon, Grenoble, Limoges, Lyon, Poitiers
Zone B: Aix-Marseille, Amiens, Caen, Lille, fusion des régions Alsace, Lorraine, Champagne-Ardenne, Nantes, Nice, Orléans-Tours, Reims, Rennes, Rouen, Strasbourg
Zone C: Créteil, Montpellier, Paris, Toulouse, Versailles
calendar issued by the Ministry of Education - no school on Wednesday afternoon, but sometimes on Saturday morning
all study programs are aligned with the requirements of the Bologna Process
Average class size: more than 25
Number of teaching days: 163
Average class size: more than 25
School day duration: 8:00 hours
PISA ranking (average 493): 495
Schooling is mandatory till age 16
number of instructional hours per year in lower secondary education: 620
No school on Wednesday afternoon & Saturday
Uniforms are not required, but religious dress of any kind is banned
QS Best Student Cities in Paris: #8
Paris-Saclay: Shanghai #1 (maths dept)
HEC Paris: #2 -- Financial Times ranking
Pierre and Marie Curie University - Paris ranking: Times Higher Education #--/QS ranking #131/Shanghai #39
Paris Sciences et Lettres PSL ranking: Times Higher Education #38/QS ranking #26
We carry confirmed dates till Aug 2026; Further dates are projected dates based on previous years
Please note that authorities may take last-minute decisions; please double-check if this information is vital to you
Good Friday
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Friday march 29, 2024
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.