The length of the school day In Canada, it is normally 30 hours per week. Similarly, in Catalonia, for students doing the "Batxillerat’, the school day is about 30 to 31 hours per week. The amount of homework In Catalonia, students spend an average of 6.5 hours per week doing homework. Instead, in Canada, students spend an average of 5.5 hours per week. The length of the summer holidays This year, the summer break in Canada lasted 72 days. They always start the last Saturday of June and end the Labour Day.|n Catalonia, the ‘summer holidays lasted 79 days for high school students. They started June 20th and finished ‘September 7th. Education Mireia Bartra & Janna Gartzke The size of a classrooms 1 | In Catalonia the average H size of a classroom is among 37,5 and 50m2. On the other hand, in Canada the classrooms are between 22.6 and 30.1. % of students in vocational training secondary students enrolled in VET is 22% among 15-19 year-olds. On average, 9% of all upper secondary students opt for VET programmes in Canada. School subjects In Catalonia, there are there some are required subjects such as - Spanish -History of Philosophy - Catalan - English In Canada, required courses include: - English - Natural sciences -Canadian history - French among others - Mathematics School uniforms In Catalonia, it is not very common to wear a school uniform, but (if there is a school that does) it is up to them to decide whether they wear it or not. Instead, in the 2017-18 school year in Canada, 20% of public schools required that students wear uniforms.