The Minister for Education Mr Filipe Bole says that as from Monday 29th March, classes in schools will revert to the school timetable prior to daylight savings.
It is hoped that the public will be aware of this change and adjust accordingly.
Head teachers and principals of all schools in Fiji are advised to inform their students, parents and guardians about the change in school timetable well in advance to avoid any confusion.
The Ministry is conscious of the fact that schools have different starting times before the daylight savings was introduced and they are to return to those times as from Monday 29th March.
Daylight savings, which ends Sunday 28th March, brought about some issues of students reaching their schools late, prompting the Ministry to move the start time for all schools to 9.00am.
Mr Bole wishes the public to understand that the Ministry does not regulate the schools starting time, but regulates only the length of a school day for both primary and secondary schools. All schools must teach for the required number of hours each day. That is why schools have different starting and ending times.
Under the regulation, the current number of weeks required for any school year is 41 weeks. Furthermore, the Ministry has the liberty to change school term dates.
The school term dates for this year, 2010, remains unchanged.
Minister for Education, National Heritage, Culture and Arts, Youth and Sports, Labour, Industrial Relations and Employment, Mr Filipe Bole.