Schools To Break On August 6 For General Elections, Magoha

Education CS George Magoha stated that schools will be closed on August 6 in order for citizens to get ready for the upcoming General Election on Tuesday, August 9.

Schools To Break On August 6 For General Elections, Magoha

Magoha announced that the schools would reopen as soon as the election results were made public.

The CS spoke on Sunday while touring the Alliance Girls’ ongoing CBC classroom renovations.

"We are breaking again on the 6th of the month and we will not open again until the 15th," Magoha said. 

CS Magoha also said that if there are repeat elections while he is in office, there will be discussions about whether students will take their exams.

"We may have to sit down as stakeholders and see whether it will be fair to examine the children if they will have lost a considerable amount of time, I pray that that does not happen, these children have suffered enough," he stated. 

The Education CS also outlawed any political fundraisers performed on school property with the stated intention of winning over voters.

"We do not want politics in schools because the students have a very short term and it is only fair that they are left alone," Magoha added.