According to a notification issued by the Elementary and Secondary Education Department, all government and private educational institutions will have spring break from April 1 to 8. The notification read that all principals, head teachers, and clerical staff would not be granted spring holidays to ensure the smooth functioning of administrative affairs. “Other school staff […]
ISLAMABAD: The federal government has decided to give a major relief to the university students in flood-affected areas including fee waivers and scholarships, Education Minister Rana Tanveer Hussain said Wednesday, 31 August. The decision comes following a meeting with the chairman Higher Education Commission and other officials of the ministry for devising a strategy to […]
The Punjab government has closed all public and private schools and colleges in 25 districts till further notice. A notification in this regard issued on Sunday and will be effective from Monday till further notice. Provincial Education Minister, Murad Raas, confirmed the development on his Twitter handle. “NOTIFICATION: All Public & Private Schools will be […]
ISLAMABAD: Federal Education Minister Shafqat Mehmood is chairing an important meeting of education and health ministers at the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) during which a decision would be taken regarding the closure of schools due to the deteriorating COVID-19 situation. According to the NCOC data, the number of COVID-19 active cases has more […]
Federal Education Minister Shafqat Mehmood on Thursday made an important announcement regarding the resumption of regular classes at schools. Taking to Twitter, the education minister announced that all schools will go back to regular 5-day classes from March 1. “Restrictions imposed in some major cities on schools to conduct staggered classes was only till Feb […]
The National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC), after a detailed discussion with all stakeholders, decided that educational institutions shall resume all remaining classes — at the primary, middle and university level — on February 1. The forum decided that students in Karachi, Hyderabad, Lahore and Peshawar would attend classes with 50% strength on alternate days. […]
The country’s education ministers, in a meeting on Monday, decided to reopen educational institutions in the country in phases from January 18. Addressing a press conference in Islamabad after the meeting; Federal Education Minister Shafqat Mahmood said that in the first phase; classes nine to 12 would be allowed to resume from Jan 18. He […]
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) cabinet, in its meeting has approved the KP School Bags Act 2019 which limits the weight of the bags of the students. With that, KP has become the first province to introduce any law regarding the weight of the school bags. The Provincial Minister for Education Shahram Khan Tarakai said Khyber Pakhtunkhwa […]
In Peshawar a coronavirus case study from the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Health Department said Monday the province’s schools have registered 225 coronavirus (COVID-19) cases after reopening. The period covered in the study was from September 15 to October 3, the health department said. The test results of 17,090 students, teachers, and other staff came out negative. […]