New UAE school calendar announced; here are the holidays

The UAE government has announced the school calendar for the next three years until 2022-2023.

Chaired by Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister of the UAE and Minister of Presidential Affairs, the Ministerial Development Council approved the calendars for public and private schools for the years 202021, 2021-22, and 2022-23.

“The decision specified the beginning and end of the school year, the number of school days, and the dates of winter and spring breaks for both public and private schools in the UAE,” the UAE government said on Twitter.

The academic year 2020-2021 began on August 30, while the 2021-2022 school year will begin on August 29, 2021. The school year 2022-2023 will begin on August 28.

Each school year will have two breaks and a summer vacation.

Both the 2020-21 and 2022-23 school years will have a total of 188 school days, while 2021-2022 will have 186 school days.

For public schools and those following the UAE Ministry of Education curriculum, the minimum school days for each academic year should be 182 days.

	2020-21	2021-22	2022-23	Applicable for
Beginning of school year	August 30, 2020	August 29, 2021	August 28, 2022	All public and private schools
Winter break	December 13-31, 2020	December 12-30, 2021	December 11, 2022 to January 21, 2023	All public and private schools
Spring break	March 28, 2021 to April 15, 2021	March 27, 2022 to April 14, 2022	March 26, 2023 to April 13, 2023	All public schools that follow the UAE govt curriculum. As for private schools following other curriculum, the break will be for three continuous weeks, or two straight weeks with one week accommodated over the rest of the year.
Summer break				No school must not allow more than 8.2 weeks for the summer break, regardless of the curriculum
School days	188 days	186 days	188 days	Applicable for all public and private schools following the UAE govt curriculum. Other schools should have a minimum of 182 days.