Summer vacation for all schools does not exceed 8.2 weeks

The Ministry of Development approves the school calendar for 3 years

The Ministerial Development Council, headed by His Highness Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Presidential Affairs, has approved the school calendar for public and private schools in the UAE for the next three years, starting from the current academic year (2020/2021), which included the start date The three academic years, the three-term vacation dates, and the end of each academic year for students and academic bodies, with school days determined each year.

The calendar indicated that the number of schooling days in the current academic year that began on August 30 is 188 days, and in the next academic year 186 days, and in the next academic year (2022/2023) 188 days, in addition to obligating all private schools that are Do not follow the curriculum of the Ministry of Education with the minimum number of days of schooling, which are limited to 182 days.

The calendar published by the UAE Government Media Office yesterday on Twitter set the beginning of the 2020-2021 academic year on August 30, 2020, August 29, 2021 for the start of the 2021-2022 academic year, and August 28, 2022, for the start of the 2022-2023 academic year.

The calendar indicated that the winter vacation period for all public and private schools in the country, regardless of the curriculum followed, is three weeks in each of the three academic years, which start in the current academic year (2020-2021) from 13 to 31 December 2020, and in the academic year Next (2021/2022) from 12 to 30 December 2021, and for the academic year 2022-2023 from December 11, 2022 until January 1, 2023.

The calendar also indicated the number of days of spring vacation, which includes three weeks for all public and private schools that follow the curriculum of the Ministry of Education for each academic year, as the vacation for the 2020-2021 academic year begins on March 28 and extends until April 15, 2021, and for the 2021-2022 academic year. On March 27 and will extend until April 14, 2022, and for the academic year 2022-2023 on March 26 and will extend until April 13, 2023.

The calendar pointed to the flexibility for each emirate in determining the spring vacation for private schools that apply foreign curricula, so that they are three continuous weeks according to the specified dates for government and private schools that follow the curriculum of the Ministry of Education, or two continuous weeks, provided that it begins with government and private schools that follow the curriculum of the Ministry of Education. And education, as it is committed to adding the third week, either together or sporadically during the school year.

The calendar indicated that the duration of the summer vacation for all schools does not exceed 8.2 weeks per academic year.

182

Days The minimum number of days of schooling.

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