Although the 2024-2025 school year concludes on July 16, teaching staff will not complete their academic work until Friday, July 18, due to the intensive workshop they will receive.
Consequently, the first day of summer vacation will be from Monday, July 21, to Friday, August 29, as the 2025-2026 school year will begin on September 1 of this year, with a total of 185 days, according to the school calendar published by the Ministry of Public Education (SEP).
In total, the 2025-2026 school year will have nine mandatory breaks, including September 16; November 17 for the 20th; February 2; March 16 for the 21st; and May 5, among others.
Parents and high school and college students are setting aside several months of savings to cover graduation expenses. From restaurant meals to dresses, tickets, photos, and cap and gown rentals.
Class suspensions for the Technical School Council (CTE) will be a total of 8 days, excluding the month of April (2026), since its last day of the month falls on a Thursday.
Key Dates
The intensive phase of the Technical School Council for teachers will be held from August 25 to 29; the intensive workshop for management personnel will be held on January 7 of the following year, and the intensive workshop for teaching staff will be held on January 8 and 9 and July 16 and 17 of the following year.
Vacation periods for the 2025-2026 school year will be from December 22 to January 6 (December break) and from March 30 to April 10, corresponding to Holy Week.
Since February, the stuffed animal makers have begun receiving orders for personalized owls, bears, and characters with caps and gowns, which has generated high demand and revived the local economy.
Meanwhile, the evaluation results will be recorded and communicated from November 24th to 27th, March 23rd to 26th, and July 14th. Grades will be recorded on November 14th, March 13th, and July 3rd.
The 2025-2026 school year officially ends on July 15th, 2026, which marks the beginning of the summer vacation period.
One of the main features of the upcoming school year is that, starting on September 8th, the Awareness Day on the seriousness of sexual abuse and child abuse will be held, so that teachers can have the tools to identify these crimes and report them to the authorities.
Source: oem
