Overview

• Mexico’s SEP will suspend classes on Friday, October 31, 2025 for a Consejo Técnico Escolar session, creating a long weekend that overlaps Día de Muertos.
• The SEP’s 2025–2026 national calendar sets 185 instructional days and 17 student suspension days spanning official holidays, CTE sessions and administrative days.
• Scheduled CTE meetings generally fall on the last Friday of designated months, including October 31, November 28, January 30, February 27, March 27, May 29 and June 26.
• Peru’s Minedu establishes an October management week for students, with La República citing October 13–17 while Líbero lists October 12–17, reflecting a start-date discrepancy.
• During these student breaks teachers and school leaders continue working on administrative and pedagogical tasks, and Peruvian private schools may set alternate dates within ministry rules.