The school students are on vacation from today, March 4. The first-third graders will not have classes until March 12, while the fifth-twelfth graders until March 8 inclusive, IPN reports.

The next vacation for school students is the Easter one. This will last for ten days, from April 15 until April 24.

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