Schools Set Own Day Length Within SanPiN Limits
In the eighth grade, the program has been increased to three hours per week due to additional classes on Russian history and world history.
Consensus
- Schools independently determine the school day schedule.
- Classes must start no earlier than 8:00.
- Main academic lessons must end no later than 19:00.
- A minimum 30-minute break must occur between main lessons and additional activities or the next shift.
- Additional education has time limits based on student age: before 19:30 for children under 7, before 20:00 for ages 8–15, and before 21:00 for ages 16–18.
Coverage (4 sources)
- Eighth graders get an extra hour for history study — Вести
- Ministry of Education: school lessons should end no later than seven o'clock in the evening — Коммерсантъ
- In Minprosveshcheniya named acceptable duration of school day — РИАМО
- Ministry of Education: The duration of the school day is regulated by sanitary norms — Вести
Key entities
- Ministry of Education
- Maxim Kostenko
- RIA Novosti
- Moscow
- Russia
- Lednev Institute of Training Content and Methods
- TASS
- Institute of Content and Methods