The communiqué released yesterday, December 25th, by the Ministry of Education informs the headteachers, teachers, parents and students that the Academic Year of 2019 for primary and secondary studies will start on Monday, January, 14, 2019.
The communiqué signed by the Minister of State in charge of Primary and Secondary Education, Dr. Isaac Munyakazi, shows the academic year is divided into three trimesters of which the first starts from 14th January 2019 up to April 6th, 2019, an 11-week stint.
Holidays for the first trimester will go for two weeks, from April 7th, 2019- the day Rwanda will start seven days commemorating the 1994 genocide against Tutsi for the 25th time- up to 21st, April 2019.
The second trimester will see Rwandan learners pursuing primary and secondary education undergo studies for 13 weeks, starting from April 22 up to July 19, 2019 before heading to the two-weeks holidays that will start on July 20 up to August 03rd, 2019.
The third trimester will start on 4th, August and end on 8th November 2019.
National primary leaving examinations will be held from 4th to 6th November 2019 while national for secondary ordinary and advanced level studies will start on November 12th up t0 26th November 2019.
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