Plan your holidays! School calendar for 2017 is out

The students will have a seven-week break during summer.

Just when students went back to their schools after the New Year hysteria and winter holidays, the UAE ministry of Education announced the vacation dates for 2017.

The students will be getting a seven-week break during summer, a three-week break during winter and a two-and-a-half week break for spring.

Here's the annual school calendar:

Academic Calendar 2016 / 2017

Academic Calendar 2017 / 2018

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The academic calendar of Dubai Private Schools

Indian schools have a different schedule - Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) and the Indian Certificate for Secondary Education (ICSE) - follow an academic year from April to March. Pakistani and Japanese schools in the UAE also follow this schedule.

Note:

*Asian schools calendar for AY 2017-18 will be communicated soon.

*Schools starting in September have the flexibility to adjust the opening and the closing date by one week (either earlier or later) subject to the school fulfilling the stipulated number of instructional and academic days and receiving KHDA approval.

**Private schools in Dubai following MoE curriculum have three weeks Winter Break in line with the MoE calendar:

- Winter Break 2016/2017: begins on 18th Dec 2016 and classes resumes on Jan 8, 2017 - Winter Break 2017/2018: begins on 17th Dec 2017 and classes resumes on Jan 7, 2018

***Private Schools in Dubai following Asian curriculum are allowed to close any day between Mar 15th and 30th, subject to the school fulfilling the stipulated number of instructional and academic days.

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