UAE introduce unified Academic Calendar

Holidays for all public and private schools, colleges and universities across the UAE are to be unified from the next academic year starting this September, the education minister announced yesterday. The move will not only help strengthen the education sector but will also contribute to enriching the stability of families, Humaid Mohammad Obaid Al Qutami, Minister of Education said. The first working day of the new academic year for teachers and administrators will be September 2 while for all students classes will commence on September 9, the minister announced. The starting date of September 9 is applicable to students of all kindergartens, primary and secondary schools, special education centres, adult education centres and schools following ministry of education curricula as well as all other foreign curricula, he explained. The schools will have three-week holidays after the first semester, and two weeks after the second semester. Al Qutami called on all education zones, schools and universities to implement the resolution. The three-week holidays after the first semester will commence on December 16, 2012, and end on January 3, 2013. Classes will resume on Sunday, January 6. The two-week long holidays after the second semester will commence on March 31 and end on April 11. Classes will resume on April 14, 2013. The summer holidays will begin on July 7, 2013. The 2013-2014 academic year will begin on September 1, 2013, for teachers and administrators and on September 8 for students.

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