Official UAE School Holidays 2022 - Details
With October half term nearly upon us, many families will be looking ahead and hoping to make plans for the remainder of this year. Here's a reminder of what to expect.
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Official UAE School Holidays 2022 - Details
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Please note that in Dubai, the KHDA now permits less less deviation from the official, UAE wide, Ministry of Education academic calendar. British Schools in Dubai, for example, have tended to align half terms and professional learning days using the KHDA allowance of up to eight professional development days each year. These, combined with an extra week of teaching to that published by MOE, meant some schools had two half terms. This is no longer allowed. Schools are also no longer allowed to change start or end dates for their academic year.
Parents are therefore advised to refer to each individual school for half term dates and for their final day of the academic year.
From the KHDA guidelines:
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Schools have the flexibility to take five days off during the academic year – distributed or combined throughout the year, or to extend Spring break. However, these five days cannot be used to extend the Winter or Summer breaks.
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Previously, schools were able to allocate eight days each academic year for training or continuous professional development (student-free days). This option is no longer available.
School Calendar for the academic year 2021-22
UAE Private Schools
| Date | Duration | |
| Beginning of the Students’ attendance | 29/08/2021 | |
| Winter vacation for students | 12/12/2021-30/12/2021 | Three weeks |
| Resumption of study | 02/01/2022 | |
| Spring vacation for students | 27/03/2022-07/04/2022 | Two weeks |
| Resumption of study | 10/04/2022 | |
| Summer Break | Academic year not to end before 30 June 2022 | Summer break must not be more than 8.2 weeks for all schools in the UAE, irrespective of the curriculum they teach. |
| Number of school days | 186 | with examination days |
Ministry of Education (Public) Curriculum Schools
| Date | Duration | |
| Beginning of the Students’ attendance | 29/08/2021 | |
| Winter vacation/students | 12/12/2021-30/12/2021 | Three weeks |
| Resumption of study | 02/01/2022 | |
| Spring vacation for students | 27/03/2022-14/04/2022 | Four weeks |
| Resumption of study | 17/04/2022 | |
| Summer Break | Summer break must not be more than 8.2 weeks for all schools in the UAE, irrespective of the curriculum they teach. | |
| Number of school days | 186 | with examination days |
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