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…
UAE leaders on Monday united to extol the virtues and importance of teachers, in recognition of Unesco's 16th World Teachers' Day.
"The Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace, was sent as a teacher," Sheikh Mohammed bin…
Teachers around the world have been hailed as heroes for keeping pupils learning during the challenges of the Covid-19 pandemic.
Global organisations such as The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (Unesco),…
More than 100,000 Sharjah pupils will return to private schools this Sunday for the first time since March.
116 schools across the emirate have revamped their facilities to ensure strict safety measures in place.
Distancing, Covid-19…
Tens of thousands of young people across the Arab region will receive moral training designed by the Crown Prince Court of Abu Dhabi.
An agreement between the court's Education Affairs Office and Abdulla Al Ghurair Foundation for Education…
1. Validate, listen, and be supportive to students
The recent events will likely have had substantial impacts on students and they may be experiencing a host of emotions in regard to their return, including anxiety, disappointment, and…
School pupils across the UAE who studied A-levels this year can attend their universities of choice after the British government reversed an exams-grading policy, which improved their results.
Under the original policy, British curriculum…
