Islamabad (Web Desk): The schools will resume classes for grades 6 to 8 from tomorrow (Wednesday), the government announced on Tuesday urging the school administration and parents to ensure implementation of Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs).
Addressing a news conference in Islamabad along with Special Assistant to the Prime Minister Prime (SAPM) on Health Faisal Sultan, the Minister for Federal Education Shafqat Mehmood said that following the decision of the Federal government, Punjab, Balochistan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP), Gilgit-Baltistan and Azad Kashmir have agreed to resume middle school classes from Wednesday.
However, the Sindh government has decided a week’s delay in implementing this decision and classes will not be opened in Rawalakot, Azad Kashmir, the Radio Pakistan reported.
“The decision has been taken after reviewing the countrywide health conditions and spread of Corona cases,” the minister said.
Shafqat Mahmood said decisions regarding the resumption of primary school classes will be taken after another review meeting to be held next week.
Speaking on the occasion, SAPM Dr. Faisal Sultan urged the school administration and parents to ensure the implementation of SOPs for Coronavirus.
After classes resumed, he added, the government will haphazardly test students at the schools located in the districts that had been identified as having a “high risk” of the coronavirus. There was already a thorough plan in place for how the exams would be administered in the institutions, universities, and schools.
According to the secretary, no educational institution has the right to request instructors’ or students’ coronavirus test results.
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