The primary school pupils will be on vacation between October 31 and November 6. The fifth-ninth graders and high school students will have a shorter vacation, between November 3 and 6 inclusive. The announcement was made by the head of the General Division of Education, Youth and Sport Tatiana-Nagnibeda Tverdohleb on October 24, IPN reports.

The students will return to classes on November 7. The next vacation, the winter one, will last for 16 days, from December 24 until January 8.

The primary school pupils will also have an inter-semester vacation between March 4 and 12. The fifth-twelfth graders will be away from classes between March 4 and 8. The Easter vacation will last from April 15 to 24.

Under the Education Code, the 2016-2017 school year is 33 weeks long in primary education and 35 weeks long in secondary and lyceum education, except for the ninth and twelfth grades for which the school year lasts for 34 weeks.