The Ministry of Education has announced a further suspension of schools in some districts of the Southern Region.

A statement signed by Principal Secretary for Education, Chikondano Mussa, says the suspension has been necessitated by the fact that most of the school blocks are occupied by Cyclone Freddy survivors.

The Ministry says the education districts are: Nsanje, Chikwawa, Mulanje, Phalombe, Blantyre rural, Blantyre Urban, Thyolo, Chiradzulu, Mwanza, Neno, Zomba rural, and Zomba Urban.

Schools in the Southern Region were closed last week following a warning by the Department of Climate Change and Meteorological Services (MET).

Cyclone Freddy has caused unprecedented devastation killing over 400 people and displacing thousands.