The Secretary of Education Dr. Uke Kombra has announced that revisions have been made to this year’s academic calendar to cater for the 2022 National General Elections.
Speaking at a press conference held this morning at Department of Education Headquarters, Dr. Kombra advised that the original dates were consistent however due to the change of polling dates by the Electoral Commission, the department had to revise the dates so they would be in line with the election schedule.
“Essentially what we’ve done is increase the schooling weeks of term 2 to 11 and reduce term 3 to 10 weeks,” Dr. Kombra said.
“The original date for the end of the 2nd term was the 24th of June but that has now been moved the 1st of July.”
Also, the original date for the 2nd term break was meant to begin on the 27th of June but is now pushed forward to the 8th of July with the 3rd term to commence on the 18th of July.
There is however, no change to the start and end date of the 4th term.
The only exam date change was the Grade 10 Written Expression National Examination, which will be held on the 2nd of June. All other exam dates remain the same.
The secretary urged all schools, principles and education Authorities to consider the changes as these will cater for the polling period to ensure that there is no disruptions to classes.
A circular with the secretary’s instruction was sent out to all schools today.