By A Correspondent- The government has directed that boarding students will not be allowed to travel to their homes during the upcoming Easter holidays.

The same restrictions apply to students who had travelled to urban or rural areas but are not boarders.

Schools reopened on 15 March for examination and classes and on 22 March for the rest of the grades and this resulted in the shortened school calendar.

Classes will take a break during the Easter holiday which starts on Friday, 2 April 2021 (Good Friday) and resume next week.

The travel restrictions are meant to curb the spread of the coronavirus in line with WHO guidelines.

Addressing a post-cabinet media briefing this Tuesday, Information, Publicity and Broadcasting Services Minister Monica Mutsvangwa said:

Cabinet further agreed that boarding school students should not travel to their homes for the Easter holidays as part of the strategy to curb the spread of the COVID-19 virus.

The learners should stay at their respective schools.

Minister Mutsvangwa also said President Emmerson Mnangagwa will make the necessary pronouncements to guide the nation during the Easter and Independence holidays