Private schools in Dubai will be able to extend the learning day to ensure teaching hours are not reduced when they move to a four-and-half-day week in January.
The Knowledge and Human Development Authority, the emirate's private education regulator, set out the decision-making powers for schools in a guide released on Wednesday.
Schools can start the day early or finish it later, provided they have first consulted with parents of pupils.
On Fridays, schools can finish no later than noon.
Public sector workers will adopt a four-and-a-half-day working week from January 1. Employees will complete full working days from Monday to Thursday, with a half-day on Friday. Saturday and Sunday will be the new weekend for government workers.
All public and private schools will implement the same timetable, with pupils attending lessons from Monday to Thursday, with a half-day on Friday,
Dubai's regulator has allowed for some flexibility so that schools are able to meet their curriculum requirements.
Education chiefs in Sharjah have also taken steps to support the transition to the new working week.
In Sharjah, the public sector will work from Monday to Thursday, with employees enjoying a three-day weekend.
Private schools in Sharjah will be allowed to increase daily learning hours or extend the academic year by a week to adapt to the schedule.
From Monday, January 3, all pupils across the Emirates are due to return to classrooms for the first time since the start of the Covid-19 outbreak.
Around the UAE, some Covid-19 restrictions will be lifted and a shorter week with longer days will await pupils as 2022 ushers in a new academic term.
About Karol Nawrocki
• Supports military aid for Ukraine, unlike other eurosceptic leaders, but he will oppose its membership in western alliances.
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• Cultivates tough-guy image, posting videos of himself at shooting ranges and in boxing rings.
• Met Donald Trump at the White House and received his backing.
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More than 2.2 million Indian tourists arrived in UAE in 2023
More than 3.5 million Indians reside in UAE
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The flights
Emirates flies from Dubai to Phnom Penh via Yangon from Dh2,700 return including taxes. Cambodia Bayon Airlines and Cambodia Angkor Air offer return flights from Phnom Penh to Siem Reap from Dh250 return including taxes. The flight takes about 45 minutes.
The hotels
Rooms at the Raffles Le Royal in Phnom Penh cost from $225 (Dh826) per night including taxes. Rooms at the Grand Hotel d'Angkor cost from $261 (Dh960) per night including taxes.
The tours
A cyclo architecture tour of Phnom Penh costs from $20 (Dh75) per person for about three hours, with Khmer Architecture Tours. Tailor-made tours of all of Cambodia, or sites like Angkor alone, can be arranged by About Asia Travel. Emirates Holidays also offers packages.
