It’s all dependent on the curriculum followed in the school
Abu Dhabi: The teaching, administrative and technical staff of government and private schools that follow the Ministry of Education’s curriculum will rejoin duty on 5th January while students will head back to schools on 12th January to mark the beginning of the second semester 2019-2020.
Students from private schools that follow the foreign curricula will resume the second semester of the current school year on January 5.