UAE announces 9-day Eid Al Fitr holidays

Dubai : Eid Al Fitr holidays for ministries and federal entities of UAE will start from 28 of Ramadan 1437 Hijri year, corresponding to Sunday, July 3, with work resuming on Sunday, July 10, 2016, said His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, President of the UAE and His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai.

So, the public sector employees will have nine-day holidays from July 1 to July 9 including two weekends.

The Cabinet also approved an adjustment to the working days of the administrative and educational bodies for the year 2015-2016. For the year 2015 on the Academic Calendar for the coming three years, marking the end of the year 2015-16 for administrative and educational bodies of public and private educational institutions under the Ministry of Education. Accordingly, the last working day for this year will be June 30, 2016.