{"id":51111,"date":"2021-03-17T19:04:12","date_gmt":"2021-03-17T15:04:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lovin.co\/dubai\/en\/?p=42872"},"modified":"2021-03-17T19:04:12","modified_gmt":"2021-03-17T15:04:12","slug":"school-holidays-in-the-uae-to-be-slashed-to-2-weeks-khda-gives-statement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lovin.co\/jeddah\/en\/news\/school-holidays-in-the-uae-to-be-slashed-to-2-weeks-khda-gives-statement\/","title":{"rendered":"“School Holidays In The UAE To Be Slashed To 2 Weeks” – KHDA Gives Statement"},"content":{"rendered":"

An announcement post is doing rounds on social media claiming that “school summer holidays in the UAE has been slashed to just TWO WEEKS”, and that’s a big fat rumour.<\/p>\n

Upon checking with the Knowledge and Human Development Authority (KHDA), it was clarified that no such decision was ever implemented and there have been NO changes made to the 2021\/22 academic calendar.<\/p>\n

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Total Outrage At Plan For School Summer Holidays In The UAE<\/em>
\nTo Be Slashed To Just 2 Weeks.<\/em><\/h2>\n<\/blockquote>\n

The article for the post reads;<\/p>\n

“Outrage at Plan for School Summer Holidays to be Slashed to Just 2 Weeks AND Longer 5 Term Academic Years.<\/p>\n

UAE Schools and Parents, mostly, respond\u2026 \u201cNO WAY!\u201d<\/p>\n

With the UK looking to drastically overhaul British education and the way it is taught \u2013 we look at the changes being mooted \u2013 as well as their impact if they were to be introduced across the UAE\u2019s Curriculum for England schools.”<\/p>\n

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