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The UAE Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research announced on their social media that…

UAE’s Ministry of Education has announced the approved academic calendar for the next three academic years (from 2026 to 2029) for both public and private schools.

Dubai Holding and Nord Anglia Education, the leading international schools organisation, have announced plans to develop and operate state-of-the-art premium K-12 schools across Dubai. Under the partnership, Dubai Holding Asset Management will develop bespoke school facilities for Nord Anglia Education to operate, further enhancing the education offering within Dubai Holding master-planned communities and strengthening Dubai’s position as a global hub for knowledge, innovation and talent.

The UAE’s Child Digital Safety Council held its inaugural meeting on Thursday, marking a foundational step in establishing a coordinated national effort to protect children and support their balanced development in the digital world. Significantly, a consensus was reached on developing a national classification system for digital platforms.

Indian teacher Rouble Nagi was awarded the $1 million GEMS Education Global Teacher Prize 2026 during the World Governments Summit in Dubai. Now in its 10th year, the Global Teacher Prize is an initiative of the Varkey Foundation organised in collaboration with UNESCO. It is considered the largest award of its kind in the world.

A multi-year initiative to strengthen AI literacy education across Dubai’s private schools was launched at the World Governments Summit 2026. The initiative is a collaboration between DP World Foundation, the Knowledge and Human Development Authority (KHDA), and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s (MIT) Responsible AI for Social Empowerment and Education (RAISE).

Débora Garofalo, the Global Teacher Prize Ambassador from Brazil, won the first-ever Global Teacher Influencer of the Year at a ceremony in Dubai. The first ever award of its kind was launched by the Varkey Foundation to recognise an exceptional teacher who uses social media to extend learning beyond the classroom and inspire positive change at scale.

The sixth edition of the Voices of Future Generations anthology, which features stories written entirely by children on themes of sustainability and environment responsibility, was launched during the just concluded Emirates Airline Festival of Literature. Importantly, the 2026 edition also recognised several UAE school teachers playing a pivotal role in nurturing the young writers behind these stories by honouring them with the Teacher Champion Award.

A new strategic partnership aims at embedding physical movement into everyday teaching and learning across more than 130 private schools in Sharjah. Called “Excel 2026”, the initiative is the result of a collaboration between Sharjah Women’s Sports (SWS) and the Sharjah Private Education Authority (SPEA).

Schools, universities and educational universities in Dubai have been invited to join an initiative to plant 20,000 trees across the city to mark the 20th anniversary of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, assuming leadership of Dubai.