The Ministry of National Education of Senegal announced on Tuesday, October 6, 2026, that the country's school reopening, originally planned for October 7, would be postponed to October 12. This decision comes in response to the impact of recent weather conditions on school infrastructure, especially in the Saint-Louis region. The delay allows time for pumping and rehabilitation work to be completed on affected buildings, ensuring a safer environment for students. The floods that have hit Senegal have caused significant damage and loss of life, disrupting the school calendar and forcing the government to adjust the start of the academic year. The postponement is directly linked to the evolution of weather conditions during the past week, according to an official statement from educational authorities. The five additional days of school holidays aim to ensure the safety of students and complete necessary work on school facilities. The State has called on local teams and community committees to clean classrooms before classes resume. The heavy rainfall recorded during the night of Sunday to Monday affected several urban centers, including Saint-Louis, where rising waters submerged numerous residential areas and school buildings. Major roads and secondary alley networks have become inaccessible, blocking the movement of residents and hindering the deployment of teaching staff in some areas. Saint-Louis has been particularly affected by the flooding, with the Sor suburb illustrating the extent of the damage. Neighborhoods such as Diaminar, Cité Niakh, Darou, and Pikine found themselves surrounded by rainwater after recent storms. Field measurements show that access roads leading to economic centers in the municipality are paralyzed, while several homes have experienced water infiltration of several centimeters. In the Pikine Guinaw Rail area, runoff water has stagnated in public streets and inside a local primary school. Residents are continuously managing the presence of wastewater, a phenomenon documented in local archives for ten years. The recurrence of flooding in Pikine Guinaw Rail raises health concerns due to the saturation of sewer networks and drainage basins in the area. Local neighborhood committees have used autonomous motor pumps to help remove water from homes, but their effectiveness is limited by a lack of flexible hoses to transport the water to collector channels. The National Fire Brigade is conducting large-capacity pumping operations in the most densely populated areas of the city. This new rainy episode calls into question the immediate application of the government directive "Oubi tey Jang tey," which aims to start classes on the first day of the school year. Several school infrastructures, which had been dried out during preventive campaigns in September, have once again been flooded. Territorial administration services must organize a new emergency cleaning session to make classrooms usable before October 12.