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New school timings announced across Sindh

New school timings announced across Sindh

Karachi: As summer vacations come to an end, the Sindh School Education & Literacy Department has announced new school and college timings across the province. The revised schedule will take effect from August 1, 2025, right after institutions reopen on July 31. The new school timings will be effective from August 1, 2025, as educational … Read more

LHC orders Edu Department to make laws about social media trolling  

LHC

LAHORE: The Lahore High Court (LHC) ordered the Punjab education department to necessary laws  to control incidents of harassment and social media trolling in educational institutes. In the Lahore High Court, a hearing was held on the case against child harassment and social media trolling in schools, in which the Secretary Special Education appeared before … Read more

FDE announces winter vacations for educational institutions

FDE
  • “There will be winter vacations from Dec 25 to 29 in federal administration”.
  • Federal educational institutions will open on Monday, January 2024.
  • Earlier, Sindh and Punjab governments also announced winter vacation.

ISLAMABAD: The federal government has announced the winter vacations for educational institutes operating under the federal administration.

According to the announcement issued by the Federal Directorate of Education(FDE), there will be winter vacations from December 25 to 29 in federal educational institutions.

The Federal Directorate of Education said that federal educational institutions will open on Monday, January 2024 after Friday, December 22, 2023.

Earlier, Sindh and Punjab governments also announced the winter vacation schedule for the year.

The Sindh schools will have the vacations from December 22 to 31.

After the winter break, the educational institutions will reopen on Monday (January 1, 2024).

Meanwhile, In Punjab the winter break for school children will commence from December 18, 2023, and continue till January 1, 2024.

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Punjab govt to tighten laws against drug usage in educational institutes

drug usage

CM Punjab took notice over the usage, sale and purchase of drugs in educational institutes. The Punjab Control of Narcotics Substances Act 2022 will be passed to tighten laws. The draft legislation proposes minimum two years sentence for drugs usage. LAHORE: Chief Minister Punjab Chaudhry Pervez Elahi has expressed serious concern over the increasing trend … Read more

Educational institutes shut down in Quetta amid threat of terrorist attack

QUETTA: All the educational institutes have been shut down, examinations debarred and sizeable contingent of security forces deployed in Quetta after a threat alert was issued for 48 hours, Bol news reported. A notification issued by the University of Balochistan read that it would remain close for two days, viewing the threat alert. All the … Read more

Shafqat Mahmood Postpone Emergency Meeting on School Closure

School Closure

The Inter-Provincial Education Ministers Conference (IPEMC), which was supposed to take place today (Thursday), has been postponed for unknown reasons. The Federal Ministry of Education convened an emergency meeting on Wednesday to assess the COVID-19 situation in educational institutions around the country. According to media sources, the meeting, which was scheduled to begin at 11:00 … Read more

ANF arrests drug peddler supplying narcotics to students

ANF arrests drug peddler supplying narcotics in educational institutes

RAWALPINDI: Anti Narcotics Force (ANF) conducted an intelligence-based operation and nabbed a drug peddler who was involved in supplying narcotics to students. According to ANF officials, 180 ecstasy pills were recovered from the possession of accused Rafiullah, a resident of the Hangu district, BOL New reported on Friday. The officials further informed that the total … Read more

Sindh allows schools with vaccinated staff to open from August 30

Federal Government schools

KARACHI: The Sindh government on Monday allowed schools with 100 per cent vaccinated staff to reopen across the province from August 30. Addressing a press conference, Sindh Education Minister Sardar Shah said that the schools will be allowed to call vaccinated staff to work. The provincial minister also said there was a need to create … Read more

Punjab announces exam schedule for grades 1-8

Punjab announces exam schedule

Punjab announces exam schedule of grades 1-8, as most of the educational institutions in the country reopen. of grades 1-8, as most of the educational institutions in the country have started to reopen from today. Punjab Education Minister Murad Raas shared on Twitter the schedule for the School-Based Assessments (SBA). “Punjab announces exam schedule” According … Read more

Educational Institutes across Pakistan will remain Closed till 31 May

Educational Institutes across Pakistan will remain Closed till 31 May

Asad Umar Planning Minister has said that in view of the novel coronavirus outbreak in Pakistan, the educational institutions across the country will remain closed till May 31, 2020. While addressing a press briefing on the measures taken in National Coordination Committee (NCC) in Islamabad on Thursday, Asad Umar said that the government is following … Read more