The UAE's Ministry of Education has announced that the academic year will officially end on July 2 for all public and private school students.
Meanwhile, the last day for academic staff will be on July 9.
Schools are scheduled to reopen in September after the summer break.
Ministry of Education: The academic year 2019-2020 ends for public and private schools applying the Ministry curriculum on July 2, 2020 for students and on July 9 for the academic staff. pic.twitter.com/DKdC8ZdJYa
— وزارة التربية والتعليم (@MOEUAEofficial) May 20, 2020
There's still no clarity if distance-learning programme will continue in the new academic year. On its website, Dubai’s Knowledge and Human Development Authority (KHDA) says “it’s still unknown what form it will take or whether that will change”.
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