“Enrichment beyond the classroom”
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COMPARISONS AND CONCLUSIONS
IN EUROPEAN COUNTRIES
Conclusions
-the reckoned Christmas break is the only one in which so much resemble almost all European countries. Instead, the summer holidays are those with the largest difference (from six weeks to several northern and Scandinavian countries up to 13 weeks in Lithuania)
-all the Mediterranean and Balkan countries, very similar to the times that stretch their school year. They have 10-12 weeks summer holidays almost nil autumn, winter and third trimesters holidays and Christmas and Easter appreciable respite. The same applies vice versa to the Nordic and Scandinavian countries: have noticeably shorter summer holidays have several small or a little longer holidays at regular intervals (October, December, February, April, May)
M. Schimatari, Greece
LENGTH OF SUMMER HOLIDAYS
In the photo above Eurydice, from which most of the statistics cited in the article, you see that all southern and Balkan countries are moving between 10-13 weeks of summer vacation by adding -ekplixi- of Sweden, Ireland, Iceland and Finland. Instead, all the central European countries plus Denmark, Norway and Great. Britain moved between 6 and 9 weeks in the summer holidays of primary schools (the map includes secondary)
In terms of days of operation, therefore, the schools of Greece are not inferior in any way from most European countries.
The other side of the coin speaks less net credit hours of Greek teachers towards their most Europeans colleagues. It has a dose this truth? Is. But let's see.
According to the latest OECD report for 2015, the working hours in preschool education (kindergarten) vary more than any other stage in the world. Which country has the fewer business days in the world? He will not guess anyone easily. France with only 144 to 365 days of the year. And most of Iceland with 227 working days per year. The average in OECD countries are 1005 hours translated into about 40 weeks or so 191 working days. In Greece kindergarten teachers work, always at the OECD study, some less than 700 hours per year, as in Korea and Mexico. The Belgium, England, Portugal and Austria have less than 800 hours a year, while Iceland and Norway snapping speedometer with about 1,500 working hours a year. According to OECD figures, which do not contradict in any way as they are elements of a global organization, the teaching time of the Greek nursery lags far even average.
M. M. Schimatari, Greece