Education CS George Magoha has ruled out the shutting of boarding schools in areas where voting was deferred.
He said there is no need to interfere with learning in those schools since the polls will not take long.
"We are not going to ask children in boarding schools to go back home in areas where there will be fresh elections," he said.
Governor elections in Kakamega and Mombasa counties were pushed to August 23.
The elections were suspended alongside parliamentary polls in Kacheliba and Pokot South constituencies over ballot mix ups.
Traditionally, schools are used as polling and tallying centers during elections.
During this time, students are sent home as a matter of security and to give room for elections to be conducted without interuptions.
Magoha said there is limited time for learners to cover what they need in the syllabus.
"We do not want to lose more time by sending them home," Magoha said in a media address on Wednesday.
He said the ministry will make arrangements with the electoral commission for the elections to be conducted in institutions of higher learning.
"We want to persuade the IEBC to use collages or universities as tallying centers since we need those in high school to cover the lost time," he noted.
