Education

In my country, Venezuela, schools are similar to those in Canada, but there are some differences like: we have kindergarten for kids between 3 and 6 years, then kids move on to elementary school that is for kids between 6 and 12 years, and after that high school for teens from 12 to 17 years.

The Canadian educational system divides the high school into junior and senior, while in my country, during the last two years, the students can choose to end the school in two ways: study sciences if they want to go to university for a career in math, architecture, engineering, medicine, accounting or study humanities if they want to go to university for languages, geography, law, arts, music, etc.

The school year begins on the second Monday of September and ends the first week in July. There are a few holidays during the school year, and in December there is a small vacation from December 15 to the first week in January.

The holidays are October 12 -The Indigenous Resistance Day, November 18 -Chinita Day (Catholic Holiday just for the province of Zulia) and April 19 – The Declaration of Independence which is the National Holiday. Then there is May 1 - Labour Day. The school day starts at 7:00 am and ends at 12:00 pm, but there are schools where they have shifts (morning and afternoon- from 1:00 pm to 6:00 pm).