Overview
- Several Dubai private schools sent parents updated notices this week confirming the October half‑term will run Monday October 12 to Friday October 16.
- The change follows the Ministry of Education’s three‑year national calendar and the Knowledge and Human Development Authority adopting that calendar for schools under its regulation.
- For affected schools students will be off from the weekend of October 10 through October 18 and return to class on Monday October 19.
- Not all private schools are changing their dates because schools that follow Indian, Pakistani or Bangladeshi curricula or those regulated by other emirates may keep different calendars or apply to split mid‑term leave with approval.
- Parents are being urged to check their child’s approved school calendar before booking travel or childcare because several schools had earlier published October 19–23 and the revised dates may cause disruption.