KHDA requires approval for school timing changes; student wellbeing must be priority
Any changes to school timings must be approved by KHDA. We don't want to dictate a specific timing because different curricula have different needs, and schools also have different needs for ECAs.
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The Knowledge and Human Development Authority (KHDA) says schools can seek changes to their timings, but any adjustment must be approved by the regulator and should take students' wellbeing into account. KHDA Director General Aisha Miran said the authority did not want to impose a single timing across Dubai's diverse school sector, given differences in curricula and extracurricular activities. Miran said the longer-term solution to commute times would need to go beyond changing school hours and be linked to how Dubai's neighbourhoods and communities are planned. She pointed to the Dubai Education Masterplan as a way of bringing schools closer to where children live, with the aim of making active and safer modes of travel more practical.
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Reported by: Khaleej Times 1 Oct 2026 Read the original ↗ More from Khaleej Times →
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