School Calendars Around the World
Compiled for TESL-L by Thomas Robb
© TESL-L 1994, 1998
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Format:
1 first term, 2 second term, etc. P/S Primary/Secondary Level
* Movable holiday week (Easter,etc)
> Start of year (next character position)
x exam period, G graduation, - break
Each month has four character positions representing 4 weeks/month
beginning with the leftmost position under that month's number
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v. 5 Oct 99
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
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Australia(W.Austr) --->1111111111--222222222-3333333333--444444444-
(Fiona Savage)
Austria(Univ) -11111---222*22*222222--------------->11111111--
Austria (P/S) -1111-111111*1111*1111--------->11111111111111--
(Karl Heinz Schmid)
Belgium -222222*2222**3333333333------->1111111-1111111-
(Michael Goethals)
Brazil ------>111111111111111111-->111111111111-111G---
(Dina Tanners) [Start is after Carnival]
Canada (Ont.) -222222-22222222233333333333333>111111111111111-
(Bill Margrett)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
| | | | | | | | | | | |
China 1111****11111111111111111------->111111111111111
(Chance Briggs, K.H. Yang))
Costa Rica -------->111111111111111111111111111111111111---
(Chance Briggs)
Croatia(P/S) --2222222222*222222222---------->11111111111111-
(Jelena Djigunovic & Dubravka Cokrlic)
[HS snrs till May 22. Leaving exams June 15-25]
Czech Republic -xxxxx2222222222222xxxxx----------->1111111111--
(Mark Warschauer)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
| | | | | | | | | | | |
Denmark(P/S) -11111*11111*11111*11xxG---->111111111-11111111-
Denmark(Univ) xxxG22222222*222222xxxG-------->111111-11111111-
Denmark(Univ) xx--22222222*2222xxxx---------->1111111-11111xx-
(Tim Caudery/H.E.Thomsen)
Ecuador (Coastal) ----------->1111111111111111--22222222222222222-
Ecuador(Highlands) -111111111111111111111111----------->1111111111-
(Chance Briggs)
Estonia(Univ) -xxx-2222222*2222222xxx-------->111111111111111-
(Anne Villems)
Estonia(P/S) 3333333333-44444444x----------->11111111-222222-
(Ene Soolepp)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
| | | | | | | | | | | |
Finland ---222222222*2222xx--------------->1111111111xx-
(Ruth Vilmi)
France (P/S,Paris) 11111***111111**111111111------>1111111--111111-
(Linda Thalman)
Germany(Univ) -11111--------2222*2222222----------->111111111-
Germany (P/S) -11111111111*11111*111---------->111111111111111
(Burkhard Leuschner)
Honduras ------>11111*1111111111x-2222222222222222x------
(Don Moore) [Most Central American countries are similar]
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
| | | | | | | | | | | |
Hong Kong (CUHK) ---222*222222*22xxx-------------->111111111111xx
Hong Kong (HKUST) ------*222222*2222222x----------->111111111111x-
Hong Kong (HKU) 222222*22222-*22------------------>11111-11111--
Hong Kong (CPHK) xx--22*222222*22222xx-------------->111111111111
Hong Kong (CPHK) 222222*222-33*333333-xx------------>11111111x-22
(Linda Mak/John Milton/Richard Pemberton)
Hungary xxxx2222222*2222222xxxxxx--------->11111*11111xx
(Radnoti Katalin)
Iceland --222222222222222xxxG----------->11111111111xxG-
(Haukur Agustsson)
Iran 11-2222222--22222222222------------>111111111111
(Ali Aghbar)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
| | | | | | | | | | | |
Israel(Univ) 111---222222*22222222-G-------------->111111**11
(Eva Owen/Bernard Spolsky)
Israel (P/S) 11111111111***111111111G--------->1111111111**11
(Eva Owen)
Italy -222222222222--2222222xxxxxx--------->111111111-
(E.Neblett)
Japan (Secondary) -3333333xxG-111111x111111x------222222x222222x--
(Hillel Weintraub)
Japan (Univ.new) -22xxxxx--G->111111111111----------222222222222-
Japan (Univ.old) -222xxxx--G->11111111111--------1xx-22222222222-
(Tom Robb)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
| | | | | | | | | | | |
Kazakhstan --22222222222222222222x--------->11111111111111x
(Nikki Swingle)
Korea (South) ------G>1111111111111xx--------22222222222222xx-
(Bill Burns)
Lithuania xxx--222222222*22222xxx---------11111111111111--
(Romualda Marcinkoniene & Ilona Rinkeviciene)
Macedonia (P/S) -1--22222222222*22222-xG-------x>111111111111111
(Univ) -1-xx-222222x22*2222xxxx--------xxxx>1111x111111
(Marija Kitanova & Anica Petkoska)
Malaysia (P/S) 1111--1111-111111111--222222222-22222222--->1111
(P.B. Nayar)
Mexico 111111111111**111111111G------->1111111111111111
(Dina Tanners)
Namibia -----11111111111111111111-->1111111111111111G---
(Chance Briggs)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
| | | | | | | | | | | |
New Zealand (Univ) ------>11111*1111--222222222222----3333xxxx-----
(Henk DeGroot)
New Zealand (P/S) -->111111111--222222222---333333333-4444444444--
(Sara Coutanche) [Primary slightly longer]
Norway 111111111111*1111111111G------>111111111111111--
(Jan Wibe)
Peru ----------->1111111111111111--22222222222222222-
(Ron Anderson)
Philippines -2222222222G-------->1111111111111111112222222--
(Bill Margrett)
Poland -----222222222222222222--------->111111111111111
(Chance Briggs)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
| | | | | | | | | | | |
Portugal [Univ] 1111xxxx1111111111111-xxxx------xxx1111111111-
(Nancy de Silveira) ^^?
Russia --222222222222222222222--------->111111111111---
(Chance Briggs)
Senegal 111111111111111111111-------------->111111111111
(Chance Briggs)
Singapore (P/S) 1111111111-222222222----333333333-444444444-----
(P.B. Nayar)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
| | | | | | | | | | | |
South Africa -----11111111111111111111-->1111111111111111G---
(Chance Briggs)
Spain (Univ) --1111-2222222222222x---------------->11111111--
(Michael Newman)
Spain (P/S) --111111111***111111111G----------->1111111111--
(Diane Birginal)
Switzerland 111111111111*111111111111---->11111111111111111-
(John Bennett) [considerable variation from canton to canton]
Switzerland
(Univ-Geneva) --11112222222x**22222222xx--------->xx111111111-
(P/S-Geneva) -22222-2233333**333333xxx------>1111111-1111111-
(Lilliam Hurst) [Similar schedules in Swiss-Romand area]
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
| | | | | | | | | | | |
Taiwan (Univ) -111---22222222222222222---------->1111111111111
Taiwan (P/S) -111---22222322222222222-------->111111111111111
(Anne-Marie Hadzima)
Thailand 22222222------------>111111111111111----22222222
(Gary Ockey)
Turkey 11**11111111111111111-------------11111111111111
(Ron Anderson)
US (Semester) -xx-22222222*2222xxG------------>1111111111111--
US (Quarter) 222222222x-3*3333333xG4444444x--->1111111111x---
(D. Healey)
Uruguay ------>1111*1111111111111--1111111-111111111G---
(Beatriz C. de Porto)