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Sleepwalking into exam season?

DUBAI - As the exam season sets in for Western schools, many students in Dubai will be sitting for their exams according to the schedule set in the UK or other education systems. As a result, they’re probably taking exams ‘later’ during the day – usually starting at 11.30am, in parallel with British students starting at 8.30am UK time.

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EIS students show creative flair

DUBAI - The Emirates International School recently hosted an IT exhibition at its campus in Jumeirah. Students from the school showcased their creative flair in programming, game-development, image-editing and 3D technology as special workshops were also hosted for students.

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Hobbies can take
 a serious turn

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Hobbies can take
 a serious turn

Getting into a career based in creative arts or life sciences is not as easy as it seems for many students. Talk of being a chef, musician, photographer, DJ or even a marriage planner, and parents will take you down with the usual argument of ‘you won’t make a good living’.

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Schools exempt from unified holidays

Private schools in Dubai will not be forced to follow the new unified academic calendar issued by the Ministry of Education as the Knowledge and Human Development Authority (KHDA) issued an exemption for these schools recently.

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Read them young

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Read them young

It took a really spoilt little princess who wanted two birthdays and a delightful elephant called Elma to pull 11-year-old Emirati national Reem Foudi’s attention towards the habit of reading.

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Mohammed attends AUD graduation ceremony

His Highness Shaikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, attended a ceremony for the 15th batch of graduates from the American University of Dubai (AUD) at the Dubai World Trade Centre on Wednesday.

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Schools to swap books for iPads

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Schools to swap books for iPads

Where students once carried laptops and stacks of books, they will now need only one slim tablet, announced the Institute of Applied Technology (IAT) on the closing day of the Transforming Education Summit (TES), hosted by Abu Dhabi Education Council (ADEC) under the patronage of General Shaikh Mohammed bin Zayed al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi, Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces and Chairman of ADEC.

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