Punjab government has suspended classes from grades 9 till 12 in 25 districts across the province. According to the details, a notification has also been issued in this regard. As per the notification, the classes for grades 9 till 12 in 25 areas will remain closed until further notice. They include: Bahawalnagar Bahawalpur Bhakkar Chakwal … Read more
Sindh Education Department has decided to extend the suspension of physical classes for grades one till eight in all public and private schools across the province for another 10 days in view of increasing cases of Covid-19. According to the details, Education Minister Sindh Saeed Ghani took to his Twitter handle and informed that physical … Read more
Education and health ministers will be meeting at the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) today to decide whether to open or further close schools. According to the details, in light of the ongoing spread of the third wave of the coronavirus in Pakistan, NCOC meeting will discuss the schools closure and examinations. Federal Minister … Read more
The Government of Sindh on Sunday notified the suspension of physical classes from nursery till grade eight owing to the spike of the novel coronavirus. According to the notification, the classroom teaching and learning activities from class Early Childhood Education (ECE) to VIII in all the public and private institutions under the administrative control of … Read more
The Sindh government has suspended physical classes from grades nursery till eight at schools across the province for 15 days. According to the details, Sindh Education Minister Senator Saeed Ghani in his tweet today said that owing to the spike in coronavirus cases in the province, the education department has suspended physical classes from grades … Read more
Federal Education Minister Shafqat Mahmood said on Sunday that all education and health ministers from across Pakistan will meet on April 6 to decide about the reopening or further closing of educational institutions during the third wave of the novel coronavirus. According to the details, Shafqat Mahmood in a tweet on Sunday said that, Education … Read more
The Ministry of Federal Education and Professional Training (FE&PT) on Sunday announced the closure of private educational institutions in Islamabad till April 11, 2021, owing to the spike in coronavirus cases. According to the details, a notification has also been issued by the Ministry in this regard. The notification stated, “In continuation of earlier letter … Read more
Education Minister Punjab Murad Raas on Monday announced that all Schools will be shut down completely after Friday this week. According to the details, the announcement was by the Minister on Twitter. Murad Raas said that all public and private schools are only allowed to take examinations till Friday 19th March 2021. He said that … Read more
The National Command and Operations Center (NCOC) has decided to reconsider its decision to reopen the school due to a resurgence of coronavirus cases. According to the state-run news agency APP, a meeting of the NCOC was held under the chairmanship of Federal Minister for Planning Asad Umar and National Coordinator of the National Command … Read more
Federal Minister Education, professional training, National Heritage and culture Shafqat Mahmood on Thursday announced that all schools will go back to regular five day classes from Monday, March 1st 2021. According to the details, Shafqat Mahmood made the announcement in his tweet. He said that the restrictions imposed in some major cities on schools to … Read more
The Sindh Education Department on Wednesday announced that 40 percent of the curriculum left due to the schools closure amid the coronavirus pandemic will be taught in the next academic year. According to the announcement, the main topics left out of the syllabus in the academic year 2020-21 will be included in the academic year … Read more
Schools (primary and middle) and universities across Pakistan reopened today (Monday) after nearly three months break amid the continued battle against the second wave of the coronavirus pandemic. The schools and universities across Pakistan have been reopened after a detailed discussion at the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC), with all stakeholders. The forum decided … Read more
Punjab health minister Dr. Yasmin Rashid has on Wednesday (today) said that educational institutes may close again if Coronavirus SOPs will not be followed properly. According to the details, classes for 9th, 10th and intermediate have been resumed on January 18th. However, students of pre-primary and classes from 6 to 8 will be called to attend … Read more
Punjab Education Minister Murad Raas clarified on Tuesday that no one will be promoted to the next grade without examination this year. Addressing press conference alongside Special Assistant to Chief Minister Punjab, Firdou Ashiq Awan; he said that that schools have been allowed only 50 percent strength and strict implementation of coronavirus related standard operating … Read more
Students of different universities protested outside Punjab Governor House and demanded to conduct exams online. According to the details, students carried banners inscribed with the words “We want online exams” and chanting slogans. The students demanded the Governor/Chancellor to intervene and direct universities to conduct online exams. The students observed that because of the closure, … Read more
Federal Education Minister Shafqat Mehmood on Friday announced that schools across the country will be reopened from January 18th (Monday) as planned. Addressing a press conference in Islamabad, the Federal Minister said that classes 9, 10 and 11 will open from January 18. However, classes 1 to 8 will open on February 1 rather than … Read more
Decision to reopen schools from January 18th Monday, will be finalized today in a meeting of country’s education and health ministers in Islamabad. According to the details, the ministers will decide about opening of educational institutions from Monday or extend the closure for a few more weeks. The federal and provincial education and health ministers … Read more
A major chunk of social media users in Pakistan took to Instagram and voted for closing schools amid the second wave of novel coronavirus pandemic. Twitter users also expressed their concerns on the reopening of educational institutions from January 18th, with hashtag #Shafqatmehmood also trending on top Federal Education Minister Shafqat Mehmood in his instagram … Read more
Federal Education Minister Shafqat Mahmood announced on Monday that schools and colleges will reopen in Pakistan from January 18. While addressing a press conference, Federal Education Minister Shafqat Mahmood announced that in the first phase, classes 9 to 12 would be allowed to resume from January 18. In the second phase, the minister said, primary … Read more
Pakistan is all set to decide on the reopening of educational institutions during a meeting of education ministers on January 4 (today). According to the details, the Inter-Provincial Education Ministers Conference (IPEMC) will be meeting today to review the pandemic situation in the country and make a decision about the reopening of educational institutions. According … Read more
Punjab Education Minister Murad Raas on Tuesday said that schools throughout the province may remain closed for an extended time period given the situation of the novel coronavirus pandemic. According to the details, the minister was speaking at the opening ceremony of the retirement system for teachers of the province where he touched upon the … Read more
The government of Kerala, India has announced to reopen educational institutions, including schools, across the states in the first week of January next year. According to the official announcement, the authorities have allowed 50 percent of students to attend the schools. Moreover, only 25 percent of students will be allowed to attend the classes at … Read more
Education Minister of Sindh Saeed Ghani has said that amid the prevailing coronavirus situation in the country, it is unlikely to reopen schools from January 2021. According to the details, Sindh Education Minister Saeed Ghani was addressing a press conference in Karachi. He said that it is unlikely that schools would reopen next month as … Read more
Federal Minister for Education Shafqat Mahmood has expressed that the decision to close educational institutions was taken with a heavy heart. According to the details, he took to his official Twitter handle and wrote “We had to close educational institutions because coronavirus infections were rising very fast. It was done with a heavy heart. I … Read more
Federal Minister for Education Shafqat Mehmood has said that the decision regarding schools will be taken in the meeting next week, no compromise will be made on the health of children. Shafqat Mehmood said that it was proposed during the meeting to either reduce the syllabus, end the summer vacations or extend the academic year … Read more
Federal and provincial education ministers have suggested early and extended winter vacations in schools amid the second of coronavirus in Pakistan. According to the details, Federal and provincial education ministers gathered up to attend the meeting of the National Command and Operations Centre (NCOC) to decide about the closure of schools as the country is … Read more
Chairman All Private Schools Management Association Sindh, Syed Tariq Shah has given a clear message regarding the educational institutions today (Friday). For making his point clear, Syed Tariq Shah quoted Quaid’s saying, “Quaid-e-Azam says education is a matter of life and death for us”. He went on to say that, “So now education and educational … Read more
An emergency meeting of the Inter-provincial education ministers has been called in view of the rising number of corona cases in Pakistan. Federal Minister for Education Shafqat Mahmood will chair the meeting and a letter has been issued to all the members of the Inter-Provincial Education Ministers Conference. The inter-provincial education ministers meeting will be … Read more
