allcommunications should be addressed fo The Secretary for Primary and Secondary Education “Telephone: 734051/59 and 734071Telegraphic address : "EDUCATION" Fax: 794505 ts ZIMBABWE Secretary's Circular Number 18 of 2023 Distribution Chief Directors Provincial Education Directors Directors District Schools Inspectors National Association of Primary Heads National Association of Secondary Heads Teachers’ Organisations Staff Associations Responsible Authorities Church Education Secretaries Association of Trust Schools Association of Independent Colleges Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education P.0 Box CY 1 Causeway Zimbabwe Ee a 47 oct 2023 RE: CANCELLATION OF SECRETARY'S CIRCULAR NUMBER 17 OF 2023 ON COMPULSORY ORGANISED LEARNING FOR PREPARING GRADE 7 PUPILS FOR THE PRIMARY TO SECONDARY TRANSITION This Circular cancels Circular Number 17 of 2023 on compulsory organised learning activities post Grade 7 examinations. The cancellation therefore, means that Grade 7 pupils must be allowed to close school. Those schools that had planned and budgeted for educational school trips should proceed as such in conformity with Circular P.54 SECRETARY FOR PRIMARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION