World Teachers Day
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Saturday october 5, 2024
Culture :
Mid-term holiday (beginning)
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Friday october 25, 2024
School holidays :
Mid-term holiday (end)
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Monday november 4, 2024
School holidays :
Christmas holiday (beginning)
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Friday december 13, 2024
School holidays :
Christmas Day
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Wednesday december 25, 2024
Catholic or protestant : Since pre-historic times in Europe, festivities (bonfires, offrerings) were marking the beginning of longer hours of daylight with fires and ritual. The Roman festival of Saturnalia lasted several days in December (gambling and offerings). Germanic tribes also celebrated mid-winter (drinking and rituals). The Bulgarian (with Koleduvane) and the Polish (with Gwiazdka) perpetuate this tradition. Jesus of Nazareth was probably born in springtime (Reformists favour autumn). But in the 4th century, December 25th was chosen for the celebration of his birth by Pope Julius I (Bishop Liberus is also mentioned in 354 A.D.). Thus, a Christian element was introduced in the long-established mid-winter festivals. Before 1582, the Papal States and other Italian city states celebrated New Years Day on Christmas Day
Boxing Day
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Thursday december 26, 2024
Catholic or protestant :
New Year's Day
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Wednesday january 1, 2025
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 holidays (end)
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Monday january 13, 2025
School holidays : Http://education.gov.ng/
Schooling is mandatory till age 14, but a number of children do not attend school
Teaching languages: English, Hausa-Fulani, Yoruba, Igbo and local vernaculars
schools close on Saturday & Sunday
school uniforms required
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