Private schools in Abu Dhabi will reduce the length of their school timings to four hours during the Holy Month of Ramadan.

A circular from the Abu Dhabi Department of Education and Knowledge (ADEK) notified schools that class hours during Ramadan would be from 10am to 2pm.

The Ramadan school timings will go into effect immediately after students return from spring break, which is due to begin from Sunday, March 28 and continue till April 8.

Students will resume studies on Sunday, April 11, and the Ramadan timings will continue until Eid Al-Fitr.

Neeraj Bargava, Principal of Abu Dhabi Indian School, said they would open the school from 9.30am until 3.30pm; however, class hours would be from 10am to 2pm, as directed by the education authorities.