In Austria, there are repeated calls to shorten the nine-week summer vacation. Compared to other European countries, students in this country still have relatively little free time.
This is evident from a look at the EU education database Eurydice. In the south, children and young people generally have the longest free time in the summer. In 18 countries, there are at least ten weeks without lessons. In most regions of Italy, Greece, Portugal, Malta and Albania, the summer holidays last twelve weeks. Ireland, Latvia and Iceland also have such a long time without lessons. In some cases, primary school pupils have to stay in school longer than older pupils.
The first students in Europe start their long vacation between the end of May and the beginning of June, for example in Latvia, Finland, Iceland and Ireland. In comparison: Austrian students receive their annual report late, at the beginning of July.
Where the holidays are shorter
In countries such as the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Slovenia, Finland, Luxembourg and Cyprus, the holidays are also long. Schoolchildren in Norway, Denmark, the Netherlands, France, Liechtenstein, the French part of Belgium and several regions of Germany and Switzerland have less than eight weeks of school-free time in the summer.
The Austrian Ministry of Education rejects shorter summer vacations. The children and young people need this time out to recover, said Education Minister Martin Polaschek (ÖVP).
Source: Krone
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