Federal Minister for Education Shafqat Mahmood said that the federal government will review its decision to reopen schools in the first week of September.
Talking to a private news channel, Shafqat Mahmood said private educational institutions could only call their teachers and administration staff on duty before September 15 but the government schools can not allow to call their students before a final decision, as there could be no compromise on the health of students.
“Schools and colleges across the country will reopen only after the coronavirus pandemic is over,” he added.
However, he said strict SOPs, including spaced-out seating arrangements, division of classes into further sections and change in timings could be some of the measures that schools will have to adopt whenever they were reopened.