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Officials Clarify November Calendars: Peru Keeps Classes Nov. 3, Mexico Confirms SEP Pauses, Argentina Sets Four-Day Weekend

Official decrees resolve confusion by distinguishing nationwide holidays from regional rest days and defining school schedules.

Overview

  • Peru’s Education Ministry stated that classes proceed normally on Monday, November 3, with no nationwide suspension despite online rumors.
  • Peru’s Decreto Legislativo N.º 713 lists only Saturday, November 1, as a national holiday, while the Monday, November 3, holiday applies regionally to Apurímac/Abancay under Ley N.º 15237, and there is no decree creating November 5–7 non-working days.
  • Mexico’s SEP calendar for November outlines two student suspensions: Monday, November 17, for the moved Revolution Day observance and Friday, November 28, for the Consejo Técnico Escolar, leaving 18 effective school days.
  • The SEP confirms the last Friday of each month is reserved for CTE sessions that pause student attendance, within a 185‑day school year that concludes in July 2026.
  • Argentina officially moved the Soberanía Nacional holiday to Monday, November 24, and declared Friday, November 21, a non-working day for tourism, creating a four‑day weekend with all banks closed from November 21 through 24.