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Across the UAE, families today are asking the same question, whilst children look wistfully into the distance dreaming of long holidays. Will the private sector get a 9-day holiday for Eid-al-Adha like their public sector peers? We look at the issues and explain what we know today in each of the Emirates, including the special case, Sharjah. With the news that schools across the UAE now have the full 9-day break, and in the UAE Year of the Family, will we all have a happy ending? Read the full story on SchoolsCompared.com here: schoolscompared.com/uae/news/will-… #KHDA #ADEK #SPEA #MOHRE #DubaiFamilies #UAEFamilies #SharjahFamilies #UAELife #UAEHolidays #EidAlAdhaDubai #EidAlAdhaUAE #SchoolsCompared #WhichSchoolAdvisor #UAETeachers #DubaiTeachers

The KHDA, the Government of Dubai's official regulator of schools, has confirmed the full 9-day holiday for all Dubai schools, children and families over the Eid al-Adha festival. Read the full story on SchoolsCompared.com, together with links to our Guide to the Best Things to do with Children over the holiday, here: schoolscompared.com/uae/news/eid-a… #SchoolsCompared #WhichSchoolAdvisor #DubaiFamilies #DubaiStudents #DubaiSchools #DubaiTeachers #EidalAdhaDubai

As we approach the Eid al-Adha holidays we look at how you can plan for what may well be a 9-day family holiday. We look at top days out across the UAE, including places to visit on a budget, as well as free days out with the children. One of our top recommendations is a visit to the beyond-beautiful Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque in Abu Dhabi - prepare to be awe-struck! Full story on SchoolsCompared.com here: schoolscompared.com/uae/guides/eid… #SchoolsCompared #WhichSchoolAdvisor #DubaiFamilies #AbuDhabiFamilies #SharjahFamilies #UAEHolidays #EidAladhaUAE #EidalAdhaDubai

The UAE's Ministry of Education has confirmed that face-to-face learning in schools will recommence on Monday 11th May 2026. Full story on all UAE schools and nursery schools reopening on SchoolsCompared.com here: schoolscompared.com/uae/news/moe-b… #SchoolsCompared #WhichSchoolASAdvisor #UAEMOE #KHDA #ADEK #SPEA #DubaiSchools #DubaiPrincipals #UAESchools #DubaiTeachers #DubaiParents #DubaiFamilies #DubaiStudents #UAEStudents #UAEFamilies

Breaking news: Families are now to wait until Sunday night before the MOE confirms whether UAE schools will remain closed to face-to-face learning. The decision, when it comes, will balance the interests of ensuring the safety and wellbeing of the educational community and the importance of continuity of in-school education. Full story on SchoolsCompared.com here: schoolscompared.com/uae/news/are-u… #MOEUAE #KHDA #ADEK #SPEA #SchoolsCompared #WhichSchoolAdvisor

Should UAE schools reopen on Monday? We are expecting the final decision very soon, but, with parents asking for our view, we look at the pros and cons of both options facing the government and regulators, and work through which we way we think, all things remaining as they are now, the decision will go. As is often the case, we are more cautious in our views, and probably tend more to the position that distance learning should be extended - but there are arguments on both sides. We would not want to be in the position of schools, government or regulators with this decision in flux, and, as is always the case, all of us must now have faith in regulators and government to make the right call for all of us in the educational community. Read our full analysis, and our advice for parents, on SchoolsCompared.com here: schoolscompared.com/uae/news/will-… #KHDA #UAEMOE, #ADEK #SPEA #SchoolsCompared #WhichSchoolAdvisor #DubaiPrincipals #DubaiFamilies #DubaiParents #UAEFamilies #UAETeachers

As International Baccalaureate students across the UAE reel from the impacts of disruption, SchoolsCompared.com delivers its first major report of exam season and asks will IB students be treated fairly this year? What is the status of Time Zone Cheating in 2026? Is this a risk to fairness, or are much bigger factors at play? In a year in which the IB is treating IB students in the UAE as a special case, we look at all the implications and ask: "What next for IB students in the UAE?" Read the full SchoolsCompared.com special Investigation here: schoolscompared.com/uae/news/ib-ti… #ib #IBExams #TimeZoneCheating #IBUAE #DubaiIBSchools #UAEIBSchools #UAEPrinciples #DubaiPrinciples #IBDiploma #IBCareerProgramme #SchoolsCompared #WhichSchoolAdvisor

School closures are back. A period of disruption has again fallen across the UAE and the MOE, with other school regulators, has acted swiftly and decisively to close schools to protect school faculty, families and children. The move will see ALL schools close across the UAE, including nursery schools and Early Childhood Centres, initially for 3 days and subject to review on 8 May 2026. The MOE have made clear that at this stage an extension of school closures to face-to-face learning is on the table, but subject to review and confirmation either way. Distance Learning is now in effect. Live updating story on SchoolsCompared.com here: schoolscompared.com/uae/news/moe-o… #UAEMOE #MOEUAE #KHDA #SPEA #ADEK #SchoolsCompared #WhichSchoolAdvisor #Dubaischoolsclose #UAEDistanceLearning

It's a story of a child that captured the heart of a Crown Prince, a national government, and the KHDA, with all that followed in a Back to School in Dubai, in April 2026, that could not be any more important. It is also a story about the power of the International Baccalaureate. Read about the journey that changed the life of a young girl, and a back to school at Ambassador International Academy in Dubai that brought smiles and the future cascading as a waterfall into the present in a day that no one will forget. Read the full story on SchoolsCompared.com here: schoolscompared.com/uae/news/the-i… #AmbassadorInternationalSchoolDubai #AISDubai #KHDA #SchoolsCompared #WhichSchoolAdvisor #JamesLynch #InternationalBaccalaureate #IB #IBDiploma #IBMYP #IBPYP #IBCareerProgramme

The KHDA, the Government of Dubai's official regulator of schools, presents a very beautiful animated film to go with the very beautiful message from His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, President of the United Arab Emirates, Ruler of Abu Dhabi, and son of the late Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, the founder of the UAE. The message is for EVERY child in the United Arab Emirates. The new animated film was released by the KHDA as children in Dubai, and across the emirates, returned to school after an extended period of disruption and distance learning caused by global conflict. This "Back to School" is arguably the most important in the history of the UAE. Watch the new animated film on SchoolsCompared.com here: schoolscompared.com/uae/news/watch… #KHDA #UAEGovernment #SchoolsCompared #WhichSchoolAdvisor #UAEChildren #UAEPrincipals #UAESchools #UAETeachers #DubaiSchools #DubaiTeachers #DubaiChildren #DubaiPrincipals #UAEPresident

As the huge, powerful engines of education awake across Dubai, and begin to roar with the thousands upon thousands of awesome children's voices, Dubai British School Jumeira has achieved quite the most beautiful back-to-school day imaginable. It has taken no small amount of love to do this, and it's a day for the history books as we all pray that no back to school day will follow again after such disruption. As the storm clouds pass, and the sun shimmers in a perfect Dubai sky, this is a story to treasure. Read the story, and explore the photographs of a perfect day on SchoolsCompared.com here: schoolscompared.com/uae/news/back-… #DBS #DubaiBritishSchoolJumeira #Taaleem #DubaiBritishSchools #SchoolsCompared #WhichSchoolAdvisor #dbsjumeirahpark #DBSJumeira #dbsemirateshills #dbsmira #DBSFoundation #taaleem #hope

The story of the Arcadia schools, and how they came to be, is at once magnificent, and humbling. In arguably the most important "Back to School" week in the history of the UAE, we look again at a story that in so many ways mirrors the values at the heart of the story of the building of Dubai. Read the story, see the photos, and learn why teachers are the heart of the world on SchoolsCompared.com here: schoolscompared.com/uae/news/nothi… #MohanValrani #ArcadiaBritishSchool #ArcadiaDubai #ArcadiaGlobalSchool #SchoolsCompared #WhichSchoolAdvisor #BacktoSchoolDubai #WeCanDoThis

Waiting for that Day... As the much-loved Jebel Ali school gears up for the fiftieth anniversary since its founding in 1977, children, teachers and parents of this heritage school celebrated a milestone this week in its own way every bit as important - the return of JAS children to teachers that had missed the clatter of their school shoes and their laughter in its corridors and classrooms for just too long. Read the story of this wonderful school and day on SchoolsCompared.com here: schoolscompared.com/uae/news/look-… #Taaleem #jas #JASDubai #JebelAliSchool #BacktoSchoolDubai #BacktoSchoolUAE #KHDA #SchoolsCompared #WhichSchoolAdvisor #DubaiGovernment #LoveDubai

It's the first day back at school for the wonder-filled children at the KHDA Outstanding Dubai British School Emirates Hills in Dubai. On a day when all the preparations and hard work came together, children, parents and teachers celebrated the right decision for them. Look at the joyous pictures that say a million words on SchoolsCompared.com here: schoolscompared.com/uae/news/first… #Taaleem #DubaiBritishSchools #DubaiBritishSchoolEmiratesHills #DBSEmiratesHills #BrettGirven #BacktoSchoolDubai #JumpforJoy #SchoolsCompared #WhichSchoolAdvisor

As the engines of education in Dubai roar back to life, the KHDA have released another absolutely BEAUTIFUL video, this time celebrating and thanking the children, students and young people of Dubai. It's magical... and very deserved by all our young people. They are, simply, our future. Watch the film and read the transcript on SchoolsCompared.com here: schoolscompared.com/uae/news/watch… #KHDA #DubaiTeachers #DubaiSchools #DubaiParents #DubaiStudents #DubaiChildren #DubaiYoungPeople #DubaiPrincipals #DubaiSchools #SchoolsCompared #DubaiParents #WhichSchoolAdvisor #WeCanDoThis #LoveDubai

This is it. We are all going back to school. It's coming: 20 April 2026. The engines are roaring.. The best education system anywhere in the world is coming on stream. In full. In trails of glory. Full story on SchoolsCompared.com here: schoolscompared.com/uae/news/full-… #UAEMOE #KHDA #SPEA #ADEK #WeCanDoThis #SchoolsCompared #WhichSchoolAdvisor #UAEPrincipals #DubaiSchools #DubaiTeachers #DubaiChildren #GoUAE

It's time. This is happening. Around us the great engines of UAE Education are roaring back into life. The great schools are preparing for the next step in a journey to reopening. The Great Awakening is taking place around us. Yes. It's time to Raise the Flag. Wherever you are. Whoever you are. This is the UAE. This is our home. Join us on SchoolsCompared.com here: schoolscompared.com/uae/news/the-g… as we report live on the beginning of the future as it comes to life... #DubaiSchools #UAESchools #WeCanDoThis #Hope #SchoolsCompared #WhichSchoolAdvisor

Live reporting as the grand engines of UAE education roar back to life. Join SchoolsCompared.com as we report live on developments across each emirate. This is the Big One. History is being made.... only on SchoolsCompared.com here: schoolscompared.com/uae/news/uae-s… #SchoolsCompared #KHDA #ADEK #MOE #SPEA #DubaiSchools #DubaiPrincipals #DubaiTeachers #WeCanDoThis #AbuDhabiSchools #SharjahSchools #TheGreatAwakening #EducationisBack #whichschooladvisor