The Ministry Of Education Announces School Term Holidays Until 2021

by Vaishnavi Venkataraman
The Ministry Of Education Announces School Term Holidays Until 2021

The Ministry of Education has released the school term dates for public and private schools until July 2021. And that also means, you can now plan your holidays well in advance. The next academic year will have 185 working days, while the following one (2020-2021) will have 182 working days. In 2017-2018, children were expected to be in school for 182 days.

What’s It?

School Calendar For The Academic Year 2019-2020

As per the 2019-2020 calendar, both public and private schools in the UAE will start their summer holidays from 4 July this year. The next academic year will then start on 1 September, 2019.

Credits: www.moe.gov.ae

The ministry in a statement said: “The Ministerial Council for Development approves the school calendar for public and private schools that follow the ministry curriculum, as well as private education schools that follow foreign curricula in the country for the next three years.”

The calendar will be applicable to all public schools under the Ministry of education, as well as private schools that follow a foreign curriculum. Winter vacations will begin from 15 December and will last a good four weeks until 9 January 2020. (Who’s dreaming about Christmas in January?). Meanwhile, winter vacation for the staff will begin on December 22, 2019 and run until January 2, 2020.

Schools following a foreign curriculum with break for Christmas on 15 December and will last until 5 January 2020. Meanwhile, summer holidays in 2020 will begin on 2 July, while the staff will work until 9 July.

Spring vacations are scheduled from 29 March- 9 April 2020. The school will then shut for an early summer break on 2 July 2020.

School Calendar For The Academic Year 2020-2021

Children will have an early start to the next academic year, Schools will reopen on 30 August 2020, for the next year. Christmas holidays will commence on 13 December 2020 until 3 January 2021. Spring vacations will last from 28 March to 8 April before the school shuts for summer break on 8 July 2021. The total number of working days in 2020 will be 182.

Credits: www.moe.gov.ae