Home UAE Dubai UAE holidays 2023: When will schools have the winter break? According to the KHDA schedule, schools will break for winter in the second week of December by GULF BUSINESS October 9, 2023 Image-courtesy: KHDA School students in Dubai can look forward to a long-break for the winter holidays in just under 10 weeks. The Knowledge and Human Development Authority (KHDA) had released the holiday dates for the academic year 2023-24. According to the KHDA schedule, schools will break for winter in the second week of December. Schools are allowed some flexibility to set up the last working day and hence exact dates for individual schools can be seen on the KHDA site: web.khda.gov.ae. Dubai private schools: Winter holiday dates for September start 28 August 2023 Start of academic year 11 December 2023 Start of winter break – All schools 02 January 2024 Resumption of classes after winter break – All schools 25 March 2024 Start of spring break – All schools 15 April 2024 Resumption of classes after spring break – All schools 28 June 2024 The academic year not to end before 28 June 2024 The UAE’s Ministry of Education mandates 188 days as the minimum number of academic days for schools following the MoE’s curriculum and 182 days for those schools following the international curriculum. Dubai private schools: Winter holiday dates for April start 03 April 2023 Start of academic year 03 July 2023 Start of summer break 28 August 2023 Resumption of classes after summer break 11 December 2023 Start of winter break 02 January 2024 Resumption of classes after winter break 01 March 2024 – 31 March 2024 End of academic year Tags academic year 2023-24 Dubai Schools KHDA Knowledge and Human Development Authority UAE holiday winter break Winter holiday You might also like UAE National Day 2023: Where to watch the official show, fireworks in Dubai, Abu Dhabi Dubai private schools record highest-ever enrollment in 2023-24 academic year Dubai adds new private schools in 2023-24 academic year UAE President Sheikh Mohamed extends wishes to students, teachers for new academic year