UAE schools are prepared to conduct the forthcoming Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) board exams in the written mode, school heads in the country have contended.
This comes after the CBSE earlier announced that board exams will…
All the thrills, fun, adventure and challenges are now back at Xtreme Zone in Deerfield’s Mall in the capital city of Abu Dhabi. The sportstainment outdoor facility brings back its ‘thrill-provoking’ games and challenges for kids and…
Speedy Group, parent company of Dubai-based comics store Speedy Comics and comic creator Arab Comics - the first Arab superhero multiverse in the world - is hosting Speedy Comics Con 2020 – the first virtual comic convention hosted from the…
A Dubai computer programming prodigy has set out to decode the subject for his fellow pupils after turning author at the age of 12.
Amritesh Banerjee, an eighth grader at Cambridge International School, felt children were being discouraged…
Frontline workers in the UAE are saving tens of thousands of dirhams a year on school fees for their children under a government initiative created to support them.
Almost 2,000 medics treating Covid-19 patients have been enrolled…
A team of researchers at Abu Dhabi’s Khalifa University have developed a promising new testing kit that can detect coronavirus in 35 minutes.
The portable device, which is slightly larger than a smartphone, is undergoing clinical…
The Covid-19 pandemic has led to a surge in people wearing single use items such as face masks and gloves.
The proliferation of such disposable personal protective equipment has raised major concerns about the environmental toll created.…
School Calendar for the academic year 2020-2021
For private schools with foreign curricula
Status
Date
Duration of Vacation
Beginning of attendance of the Academic body
23/8/2020
Beginning of the Students’ attendance
30/8/2020…
UAE students attending universities in the UK are concerned the rising number of Covid-19 cases will lead to the grounding of flights again and prevent them from returning to the Emirates over the Christmas holiday.
The students, whose…
Pupils are being thrown into confusion as government leaders delay decisions on how exams should be carried out next year.
Head teachers and education unions are warning that changes being looked at do not go far enough.
Thousands of…
