“Knowledge”: The weekly holiday decision applies to students and school staff

The first day of school work in 2022 will be the third Monday in January.

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The Knowledge and Human Development Authority in Dubai confirmed that the decision to implement the weekly leave on Saturdays and Sundays, and the end of Friday work, no later than 12 noon, according to the government’s decision to change the weekly holiday, applies to both students and school staff in private schools in the Emirate of Dubai.

The authority indicated that the first day of school work in 2022 will be the third Monday of next January, explaining that flexibility is allowed to ensure the school's ability to meet the requirements of the educational curriculum that it applies, and all schools should inform the authority of their updated working hours.

She stated that the school can end its working hours on Friday before 12 noon, stressing that schools will not be allowed to continue working until after 12 noon on Friday.

She stated that the decision to start or delay the daily school day after consulting the students' parents is up to the school administration.

Finally, the federal government issued a decision to change the weekly work system for government employees and schools, so that work hours will be four and a half days, from Monday to Friday, with working hours on Friday until 12 noon, and this decision will start from the beginning of next January.

Students of public and private schools, regardless of the curriculum, will conclude their first semester vacation, "winter vacation", on Thursday, December 30, and students will begin their studies in the second semester, on January 3 next (Monday).

The number of school days in the current academic year is 186 days for all public and private schools that follow the curriculum of the Ministry of Education, while it is stipulated that the minimum number of school days in the UAE 2022 academic calendar is not less than 182 for the rest of the other schools, and that the end of the year not be before June 30, 2022 .

• The decision to start or delay work is up to the school administration after consulting the students' parents.

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