In case students miss going to their families for the Christmas holidays, reasonable arrangements have been made for their return home by cars.

Education Feature News Rwanda

Based on the timetable and holiday period for students published by the Ministry of Education, the National Agency for Inspection and Education (NESA), informs school administrators, teachers and parents that Boarding students will start returning home during the break, from the 19th to the 22nd of December 2023.

The travel schedule for these students is as follows :

On Tuesday, December 19, 2023, students from schools in the following areas will return:

Nyarugenge, Gasabo and Kicukiro in Kigali City

Nyanza and Kamonyi in Southern Province

Example in Western Province

Musanze and Burera in Nouthern Province

Nyagatare na Gatsibo in Eastern Province

On Wednesday, December 20, 2023, Students will return to schools located in the following areas :

Ruhango and Gisagara in Southern Province

Nyabihu and Rubavu in Western Province

Rulindo and Gakenke in the Northern Province

Rwamagana and Kayonza in Eastern Province.

On Thursday, December 21, 2023, students will return to schools located in the following areas :

Huye and Nyaruguru in the Southern Province
Rusizi and Nyamasheke in the Western Province
Gicumbi in Northern Province
Ngoma and Kirehe in the Eastern Province

On Friday, December 22, 2023, students will return to schools located in the following areas :

Muhanga and Nyamagabe in the Southern Province
Karongi and Rutsiro in the Western Province
Bugesera in the Eastern Province.

The local authorities are required to encourage parents in their villages to welcome the students who came to school during the holidays, and to continue to be close by continuing the education that the schools had provided to them.

Schools are required to adhere to the scheduled travel time, sending children early to reach their homes without crying and in school uniform, Parents who have students traveling through the city of Kigali are requested to buy travel cards for their children that can be used in the buses.

In order to make it easier for students to travel, students departing from Kigali and others going through Kigali to other provinces, will take a car at Kigali Pelé Stadium in Nyamirambo to take them to their destination, After 15:00 the Stadium will be closed, no student will be allowed to come after the above mentioned hours.