Primary schools across Pakistan to reopen tomorrow
Primary schools across Pakistan to reopen tomorrow: Shafqat Mahmood. All primary schools across the country will reopen from September 30 (tomorrow) under the government-defined SOPs, Federal Education Minister Shafqat Mahmood announced on Tuesday. Primary schools across Pakistan will reopen tomorrow
Briefing the media after a meeting of the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) on Covid-19, he said the decision to reopen primary schools was taken in consultation with all the provinces as well as Gilgit Baltistan and Azad Jammu and Kashmir.
Shafqat Mahmood said a mere 0.8 percent of the samples taken at education institutions after they resumed on-campus classes turned out to be positive for Covid-19. “The decision regarding school reopening was made keeping in view children’s future,” he maintained.
He said many schools were sealed for violating the SOPs.
In Sindh, however, all primary and secondary schools resumed classes from Monday.
It is noteworthy that educational institutions in the country reopened in phases starting September 15, with universities, colleges, and classes nine and ten resuming on-campus sessions first. Secondary classes across Pakistan except Sindh resumed on September 23 as the province delayed the resumption due to the increased number of coronavirus cases.
Private schools announce free schooling for children of COVID-19 victims. Private school associations of Karachi have announced on Saturday free schooling up to matriculation for students who have lost their parents COVID-19.
According to the details, representatives of private schools who jointly held a press conference in Karachi today announced free tuition for pupils whose parents died due to coronavirus.
Furthermore, the associations have claimed that they will ensure that all schools must follow the Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) advised by the government.
An official from one of the representative groups, Shahzad Akhtar, while reiterating the free tuition announcement, said that those parents who have not been able to pay the school fees for the past seven months will be allowed easy installments. Akhtar urged the parents who could afford to pay the fee upfront to do so.
