Dubai/Abu Dhabi: Holidays for all public and private schools, colleges and universities across the UAE are to be unified this September, the UAE education minister announced.

The unification of the academic calendar for the academic year 2012-2013 comes under an agreement between the Ministries of Education and Higher Education.

The two-week long holidays after the second semester will commence on March 31 and end on April 11. Classes will resume on April 14, 2013.

The summer holidays will begin on July 7, 2013.

The 2013-2014 academic year will begin on September 1, 2013, for teachers and administrators and on September 8 for students.