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Sindh Education Minister Saeed Ghani

Saeed Ghani says, “Government is in possession of a video of NAB chief”

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Saeed Ghani NAB Chief

Sindh Education Minister Saeed Ghani, on Friday lashed out at Chairman NAB Justice (retd) Javed Iqbal, blaming the federal government for blackmailing him. Saeed Ghani, speaking at a news conference, said the Bureau’s head is being blackmailed by the government, who is in possession of a video of the NAB chief. The minister criticized the … Read more

Saeed Ghani proposes schools closure in Sindh for Two Weeks

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Sindh

Sindh educational minister Saeed Ghani has on Saturday (today) proposed to close schools across the province after a sharp rise in COVID-19 cases and death toll.

In a meeting of the steering committee of the Sindh Education Department today, Saeed Ghani has given a proposal to shut schools till class eight.

According to sources, some members of the steering committee advised to close schools in Sindh for up to eighth grade and continue classes for students of classes 9th till 12th.

However, the other proposal given was to close schools for at least two weeks to curb the deadly virus spread.

Furthermore, the Educational minister has also changed school timings during the holy month of Ramadan.

According to the rescheduled time, the hours for primary classes will be 5 days a week from 7:30 am to 11:00 am, while on Fridays the school hours will be till 10:30 am.

Similarly, secondary classes will commence at 8:00 am and will continue till 1:30 pm, however, on Friday classes will end at 12:00 pm noon.

Coronavirus Situation Pakistan

Over 4,723 new cases of coronavirus have been reported in Pakistan in the last 24 hours, BOL News reported on Saturday.

According to the updates by the National Command and Operation Center (NCOC), 84 Covid-19 patients have lost their battle against the contagious virus.

The number of positive cases in Pakistan has reached 682,888 while the death toll has reached 14,697.

Pakistan has conducted 50,186 tests in the last 24 hours and overall 10,347,730 tests have been conducted.

On the contrary, 609,691 patients have recovered while 3,490 patients are in serious condition.

There are 266,173 cases of coronavirus in Sindh, 228,356 in Punjab, 90,262 in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, 60,197 in Islamabad, 19,679 in Balochistan, 13,176 in Azad Kashmir, and 5,045 in Gilgit-Baltistan.

Over 6,523 Covid-19 patients have died in Punjab, 4,506 in Sindh, 2,417 in KP, 574 in Islamabad, 363 in Azad Kashmir, 211 in Balochistan, and 103 in GB.

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Pakistan: All educational Institutions To Go Regular from Today

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Schools Regular From Monday

Schools all across Pakistan are going to reopen from tomorrow, March 1st after a long break from studies due to the novel Coronavirus outbreak.

On February 26,  Federal Minister for Education Shafqat Mahmood has said that all the students that are going to be regular in schools from March 1st.

All schools will go back to regular classes from 1st march. It is reiterated that the SOPs issued by the Ministry in consultation with Health/NCOC are still fully applicable on schools with a special emphasis on use of Masks, Physical Distancing and Hand washing, he wrote on Twitter.

On the other hand, the Sindh government has on Sunday (today) opposed the decision by Federal Minister for Education Shafqat Mahmood for allowing 5-day regular classes from March 1, saying the announcement has “created confusion among the students.”

Saeed Ghani, in this regard, said that as per the decision of the provincial government, schools will only allow 50% attendance, adding that regular classes cannot be resumed due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Emphasizing the importance of following the coronavirus standard operating procedures (SOPs), he added that children going to school will be required to maintain social distancing in the classroom.

“How will children maintain social distancing if we allow 100 % attendance?” Saeed Ghani questioned.

“Once the pandemic end, all children will be allowed to go to school,” he went on to add.

“The decision to reopen schools was also taken by the committee,” he said.

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Saeed Ghani opposes to resume five-day regular classes from March 1st

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Saeed Ghani Sindh government

The Sindh government has on Sunday (today) opposed the decision by Federal Minister for Education Shafqat Mahmood for allowing 5-day regular classes from March 1, saying the announcement has “created confusion among the students.”

Sindh Education Minister Saeed Ghani, in this regard, said that as per the decision of the provincial government, schools will only allow 50% attendance, adding that regular classes cannot be resumed due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Emphasizing the importance of following the coronavirus standard operating procedures (SOPs), he added that children going to school will be required to maintain social distancing in the classroom.

“How will children maintain social distancing if we allow 100 % attendance?” Saeed Ghani questioned.

“Once the pandemic end, all children will be allowed to go to school,” he went on to add.

“The decision to reopen schools was also taken by the committee,” he said,

The minister also reminded people that while COVID-19 cases have reduced in the province, the pandemic has not ended yet.

Earlier on February 25, Shafqat Mahmood had announced that all schools will go back to regular five day classes from Monday, March 1, 2021.

He had made the announcement via his tweet. The minister said that the restrictions imposed in some major cities on schools to conduct staggered classes was only till Feb 28

He wrote, “Important announcement. All schools will go back to regular 5 day classes from Monday March 1. Restrictions imposed in some major cities on schools to conduct staggered classes was only till Feb 28.”

Coronavirus cases have declined but the pandemic has not ended yet, Ghani added.

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Sindh schools could shut if Coronavirus cases rise: Saeed Ghani

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Punjab announces exam schedule

Sindh might close schools if the coronavirus infections in the province witness an increase. The announcement came a day after all of the educational institutions in the province reopened.

During a press conference on February 1, Sindh Education Minister Saeed Ghani said all educational institutions reopened, while some unprepared schools remained close.

“Parents who do not want to send their children to schools can refrain from it. Also, the administration can’t ensure SOPs’ implementation; the parents should play their part in it as well,” the education minister said.

Moreover, the Ghani said that 50% attendance was permitted in the schools in a bid to keep the virus at bay, adding that the government had conducted COVID-19 testing in schools and colleges.

Until now, the positivity rate in colleges is 1.9%, while in schools it stands at 5.9%, Saeed Ghani said.

He also highlighted that four colleges had been shut after several COVID-19 cases were reported there.

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Sindh finalizes model paper for matric, inter exams

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Matric Inter Exams

The Sindh Education Department has on Tuesday finalized the strategy and a model paper for conducting examinations of matriculation and intermediate students.

The Sindh government has reduced the duration of examinations for matriculation (9th and 10th classes) and intermediate (11th and 12th classes).

However, according to the announcement, the duration of matric and inter exams will be two hours.

Under the new pattern, the written exam question papers will have three sections including objective, short and long answers.

The students will be given 30 minutes for the objective section, whereas, students will have 1.5 hours for writing short and detailed answers.

Sindh Education Minister Saeed Ghani said that the exam strategy was finalized and a model exam question paper was prepared which would be released soon to assist the students.

He said that the educational institutions will make maximum efforts to complete 60 per cent syllabus.

Regarding the coronavirus cases in educational institutions, Saeed Ghani said that 11,845 tests were conducted in Sindh. He added that 546 tests came positive while the reports of 2,642 tests are due to come.

According to the minister, the positivity rate of COVID-19 cases in schools was recorded at 5.9 per cent.

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Saeed Ghani Hints To Reschedule Exams In Sindh

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Saeed Ghani

Sindh Education Minister Saeed Ghani has chaired a meeting of the steering committee of the education department in which it’s informed that the course could not be further reduced even if the examinations had to be rescheduled. A meeting of the steering committee of the education department chaired by Saeed Ghani discussed the opening of … Read more

‘Not possible to keep individual check on students’

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Saeed ghani

Sindh Education Minister Saeed Ghani has said that it is not possible to keep an individual check and balance on implementing standard operating procedures (SOPs) in schools. According to the details, in a recent statement, Sindh Education Minister Saeed Ghani said people are expected to be vigilant and to contribute to battling out the disease. … Read more

Sindh Govt decides to take action against private schools

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Schools

The Sindh government has decided to take actions against private schools. In this regard, the Directorate of Private Institutions Sindh said that action would be taken against any school which would open before the announcement of the government. [embedpost id=”50366″ slug=”final-decision-to-be-made-by-government-only-education-minister”] Directorate of Private Institutions Sindh has formed an inspection team for 5 districts of … Read more

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