School programme delayed

Earlier this year there was a teacher strike of three weeks. It was of course somewhat disruptive to the curriculum review since it occurred shortly before the scheduled National exams, but most schools finsih the syllabus by term 2 and term 3 is revision. Nonetheless these exams were postponed for a couple of weeks, throwing off the centralised marking schedule during December. The secondary results will come out as usual in February, but the grade 8 has not yet been written. These results normally are sent out at the end of December, but this year they will be delayed until the end of January. So the selection of students to attend various secondary schools will be done a month late in February. Then the election (& school closure) is expected early in March, so the new high school intake will not happen until March 11. Six weeks delay for a three week strike, which need not have impacted greatly in the first place!