He said 6,941 schools would be used as polling centres on that day.
“The holiday is for all schools only. It will be a working day for the state education departments and district education offices,” he said at a press conference after opening the national conference of school principals here today.
Also present was the ministry’s director-general Amin Senin.
The Election Commission today announced the dates for the 14th general election, with nomination set for April 28, early voting for May 5 and polling for May 9.
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