Not only personnel in the civil service will be enjoying a two-day weekend; the Ministry of Education has decided that when schools resume classes after winter vacation next year, they will also have a biweekly two-day weekend. On the other hand, in the past on Confucius 'birthday (September 28), schools closed, but on that day next year, students and teachers alike must be in the classroom.
不只社會人士隔周休二日，教育部決定中小學八十七年二月寒假過後也同步實施，只不過過去一向在孔子誕辰放假一天以向全國老師致敬的九月二十八日，在新的一年裡，老師同學都得留在教室裡繼續上課。