Schools to open on February 10,2025

The Government  has announced a delay in the opening of schools for the Early Childhood Education -ECE- Level one, Primary Education Grade 1 and Secondary Education Form 1.

The Minister says schools will open on Monday, February 10, 2025 to allow the Ministry of Education and partners time to print and distribute the teaching and learning materials, and orient the teachers of the affected levels.

Speaking at a Media briefing in Lusaka today, Mr. SYAKALIMA further said the 2023 Zambia Education Curriculum will be implemented at Grade four in 2026 in order for the Grade 4 learners of 2026 to write the Primary School Leaving Examination in Grade 6, in
he year 2028 together with the Grades 7 learners.

Mr. SYAKALIMA explained that this is necessary for purposes of ensuring that in 2029, there will be enough space to accommodate two cohorts of Primary School Leavers in Form 1 at Secondary School level.

He said the current examination system at Primary and Secondary School levels will run in 2025.

Mr. SYAKALIMA said in 2026, there will be no Grade 9 examination because the Form 1 learners of 2025 will be in Form 2, following the implementation of the 2023 Zambia Education Curriculum.

Mr. SYAKALIMA said the Ministry of Education will implement the Advanced Level Education – A-Levels- at Form 5 in 2026, to allow the first local A-Level examination to take place in 2027, after two years of instruction.