The Ministry of Education announced the school calendar for the next academic year 2020-2021.

According to the new calendar, published by the ministry on its website, the academic staff in the schools of general education and the schools applying the curriculum of the ministry, for the next academic year 2020-2021, begins on August 23, 2020, to start working for students on 30 of the same month, and the year Consolidating the time of foreign schools with public and private schools that adopt the ministerial curriculum, whether for academic staff or students.

The calendar indicated that the winter lease for public education schools and schools applying the curriculum of the Ministry, will extend for four weeks for students, starting on December 13, 2020, with school students to return to their seats on the seventh of January 2021, while the winter leave for the academic staff from 20 December 2020 to 31 of the same month, for only two weeks.

The winter leave for students in foreign curriculum schools starts on December 13, 2020, for three weeks, and ends on 31 of the same month.Students resume their studies on January 3, 2021, while the calendar did not clarify the winter leave for teachers of these schools.

Spring holidays for the new academic year 2020-2021, for public schools and private schools applying the Ministry curriculum, will start on March 28, 2021 for two weeks, and students will return to school on April 11, 2021, while leave for the academic staff for one week starts from March 28 until The first of April 2021.

Students' leave in foreign curriculum schools corresponds to those of public and private schools that adopt the ministerial curriculum.

In the academic year 2020-2021, for public and private schools that apply the curriculum of the Ministry and foreign schools, the students shall end on the first of July 2021, and on the eighth of the same month for the academic body in all schools, bringing the number of school days for the academic year 2020-2021. Up to 182 days with exams.