Kigali, 17^th August 2023 – Rwanda through the Ministry of Education and Rwanda Schools Sports Federation will host the 20th edition of the Federation of East Africa Secondary Schools Sports Association (FEASSSA) games scheduled from 17-27August  2023 in Huye and Gisagara Districts in the Southern Province. The opening ceremony of FEASSSA Games will be officiated by Hon. Minister of Education Dr. Valentine Uwamariya on 19^th August 2023 at Huye Stadium in Huye District.

The 2023 FEASSSA championships will be attended by 2,924 students from primary and secondary schools of Rwanda, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda and Zanzibar who will be competing in 13 different sporting disciplines namely football, basketball, netball, handball, rugby, hockey, athletics, badminton, lawn tennis, swimming, and goalball.

The Competition aims at nurturing the “East African Spirit” by enabling secondary school students to visit different geographical sites in East Africa while also learning and being familiar with different cultures through sports contests. The contestants are the players from qualified school teams (2 teams in each discipline) among all member countries at the national level.

FEASSSA Games started in 2002 and are organized annually, rotating in all EAC Member States except in 2020 and 2021 due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

Rwanda became a member of FEASSSA in 2005 and since then has participated each year in the competitions and hosted FEASSSA four times as follows:

• The 8th edition (2008) in Kigali
• The 15th edition (2015) in Huye District
• The 18th edition (2018) in Musanze District and
• The 20th edition is to be held in Huye, and Gisagara Districts

The member countries of FEASSSA are Rwanda, Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Zanzibar, Burundi, and South Sudan with the Head office in Nairobi, Kenya.

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