The government has gone back on its earlier directive for basic schools to run a semester-based academic calendar.
It made the announcement in a statement on Friday, January 21, 2022.
The directive for basic schools including Kindergarten, and Junior High School to change the trimester-based calendar to a semester-based one last week, was received with controversy with many teacher unions kicking against it.
Many of them were unenthused that the government had not engaged them on such a major switch although the government insisted that it had held extensive consultations with them.
The Ministry of Education in the statement indicated that the decision was taken after engagements with various education stakeholders and the conclusion was to reinstate the trimester system
Read the full statement below:
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