Mexico ends school year six weeks early for World Cup, 'extraordinary heat wave'

The Mexican government has agreed to end the school year around six weeks early due to their co-hosting of the World Cup and the “extraordinary heat wave” forecast.Schools were scheduled to break up around July 15, but an official release on Thursday confirmed the Ministry of Public Education (SEP) and the education ministries had agreed to bring the date forward to June 5, six days before the tournament’s first match.Advertisement