Dubai: The Emirates Schools Establishment released the updated public school timings in the UAE. The new school timings is in accordance with the new workweek starting from January 1, 2022.
According to the new guidelines, schools are given the option to cancel the morning assembly and the minibreaks between classes for students from grade 1 to 12. School can follow the regular 45-minute class system or the hour-based system.
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For schools, the official working days will be Monday to Thursday, with Friday being a half-day that ends early afternoon. Saturday and Sunday will form the new weekend. The total weekly school hours are 26 hours for kindergarten students, 35 hours for students from grade 1-4, and 40 hours for students from grade 5-12.
Under the 45-minute class system, 35 classes must be carried out per week including three extracurricular lessons (sports, arts, music, etc.).
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