<P> In Jamaica, summer holidays for primary and secondary schools starts in the first week of July and ends in the first week of September which gives a duration of about eight weeks . </P> <P> These schools also have term breaks at Christmas (typically two weeks) and Easter (typically one and a half weeks), as well as mid-term breaks of a few days each usually around National Heroes Day in the Christmas (First) Term, Ash Wednesday in the Easter (Second) Term and Labour Day in the Summer (Third) term . </P> <P> At the start of each year The Ministry of Education provides dates for each term and suggested dates for mid-term breaks for primary and secondary schools . These dates might be adjusted based on circumstance such as the loss of teaching time caused by the passage of a hurricane . </P> <P> Tertiary institutions using the semester system typically have summer holidays starting in May (at the end of examinations) and ending in early September . This can, however, vary among institutions . </P>

Why is there a summer break for school