School holidays (Iskolai szünetek)
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In vocational schools students have to do internship, usually during the summer months (2-4 weeks usually). This shortens the summer holidays.
In Hungary students are obliged to do minimum 50 hours of social work during their secondary education before taking the final exams. While this work can be done throughout the year, most students do it during summer holidays.
School holidays
What- Summer holiday: The longest holiday in primary school which separates the different grades. It starts in the middle of June and lasts until the last day of August.
- National Holiday: Memorial day of the revolution in 1956: 23rd of October
- Autumn break: One week long break in the first week of November (the 1st of November is holiday in Hungary).
- Winter break: 10-12 days long holiday which starts around the 21st-23rd of December and lasts until the 2nd-4th of January.
- National Holiday: Memorial day of the revolution in 1848: 15th of March
- Spring break: Free days connected to Easter: in Hungary the Easter weekend contains 4 free days, it lasts form Friday till Monday and students get 1-2 free days in additional.
- Labour Day: 1st of May
- Pentecost Sunday: 49 days after Easter
- Pentecost Monday: Monday after Pentecost Sunday
- Breaks connected to holidays: If any holiday falls to Tuesday or Thursday the Monday (before free Tuesday) or the Friday (after free Thursday) is free day. But students have to go to school on one Saturday (usually one week before or after the long weekend) instead of the additional free day.
- One day breaks: During the years when the teachers have training the children get free days. This usually happens 1-2 times per a year.
- Final exam break: The final exams take place on the first week of May and students who don’t take the exams have break during these days. The long of the break depends on the number of examinees but it is around 2-4 days.