Tuesday, July 28, 2020

Schools in DRC to reopen on 03/8/2020

Renewed school year calendar 2019-2020:
Course resumption is scheduled for Monday, August 03 and the end of 2019-2020 is set for September 03, 2020.
Out of 26 million students, only 3 million will go back to school this Monday, August 03
With regard to the national primary school graduation test (TENAFEP), it is confirmed from August 13 to 14 The State exam will be organized from August 24th to 27th.
For off sessions; the essay is scheduled for August 17 and oral French from August 19 to 22, 2020.
It should be noted that for participation costs in TENAFEP, only private schools will pay the participation fees, state schools and conventional schools are in line with the logic of free education.
On the contrary, for state exams, all schools will pay the fees set by provincial governors.
The Prime Minister chaired this Monday, July 27 a meeting focused on the modalities of resumption of activities in the sector of primary and secondary education. The VPM and Minister of the Interior, Gilbert Kankonde, who read the report of the meeting, explained that from August 3, classes resume in the final classes of primary education and on August 10 for the final at the University and promotions with low enrollment. “As of today, we have proceeded to disinfect premises in all our universities and from 03 August there will be administrative resumption. On August 10, it is the resumption of classes in the promotions of small numbers and more mainly in the final classes. In primary secondary and technical education, the start of the school year will be effective from August 3 in the final classes of primary and secondary ”Gilbert Kankonde also specified that there will be no blank year nor in primary, nor in higher and university education. “There will be no white year in education. Everything is in place to make this year count for our children. The specialized services are working to try to accommodate the academic calendar so that what can be taken back is recovered, ”said the VPM and Minister of the Interior. And to conclude, the VPM insisted on respecting barrier gestures. “Now more than ever, wearing a mask is compulsory in all public places, the disease is indeed there. Just because the state of emergency has been lifted doesn't mean the disease is no longer circulating. Barrier measures must be in place, they are part of our everyday culture ”, concluded Gilbert Kankonde. This meeting brought together the Ministries of the Interior, Budget, Decentralization, Primary, Secondary and Technical Education, Finance, Health, National Defense and Veterans Affairs, Social Affairs. 

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