News / Education
Schools will open on 8 January and not 14 January
28 Dec 2012 at 08:45hrs | Views
SCHOOLS will open on 8 January 2013 and not on 14 January 2013, the Minister of Education, Sport, Arts and Culture, Senator David Coltart has said.
This follows widespread speculation that the opening of schools had been pushed to 14 January.
Minister Coltart said the school calendar had not changed and school would open as initially planned.
"There have been a number of rumours going around recently that the date of the opening of the first school term in Zimbabwe has changed. This has also been publicised by a local daily paper. These reports are false and misleading, as there has not been any change to the calendar," he said.
"For the sake of clarity, I confirm that schools will open on Tuesday the 8 January 2013, as originally advised by the Permanent Secretary in the Ministry early this year."
This follows widespread speculation that the opening of schools had been pushed to 14 January.
Minister Coltart said the school calendar had not changed and school would open as initially planned.
"There have been a number of rumours going around recently that the date of the opening of the first school term in Zimbabwe has changed. This has also been publicised by a local daily paper. These reports are false and misleading, as there has not been any change to the calendar," he said.
"For the sake of clarity, I confirm that schools will open on Tuesday the 8 January 2013, as originally advised by the Permanent Secretary in the Ministry early this year."
Source - TC
