School year 2016-2017: Classes will start earlier.
The next school year will start earlier: between 9 and 15 September all schools should already be working.
According to information published in Gazette, students of 2nd year, They will have to, the school year 2016-2017, benchmarking tests of the subjects of Artistic Expressions and Physical-Motor, Middle study, Mathematics and Portuguese.
Students in the 5th year will have to prove knowledge of Natural Sciences, Portuguese and Mathematics. At the 8th year the fit of Physical Chemistry, Portuguese and Mathematics.
Although the results of the calibration tests do not count for the grades of students, its implementation is mandatory and will take place between the months of May and June.
As for school holidays, There are already fixed dates: the Christmas 19 of the December 2 January and the Easter 5 a 18 April. The end of the school year is scheduled for June, varying according to the years that students attend.
1st cycle students will have more classes
Students of the 1st cycle of basic education will be the last to finish the school year, a 23 June, which means they have two more weeks of classes for the year ended now, a 9 June.
