ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Education and Professional Training Shafqat Mehmood has announced that all schools in the country will return to normal five-day classes from 1st March.
Shafqat Mehmood took to Twitter and wrote that from Monday, all schools will be open as usual and the ban on inviting 50 percent of children will expire on 28th February.
This announcement applies to every educational institutions in the designated cities where restrictions had been imposed. Allah SWTs infinite mercy that we are returning to normal https://t.co/L0Jb4nFQPC
— Shafqat Mahmood (@Shafqat_Mahmood) February 25, 2021SHAFQAT
It may be recalled that due to coronavirus, all the educational institutions were closed from 15th March last year, while educational institutions in Sindh were closed since the first case came to light on 16th February 2020 in Karachi.
After a six-month-long shutdown, the educational institutions reopened on 15th September but were reopened on 26th November due to the second wave of epidemics.
Activities were restored in educational institutions across the country from 1st February, and the government-mandated the implementation of coronavirus SOPS in educational institutions.
Moreover, earlier on Tuesday, the federal minister had said that the bill submitted in the National Assembly to make the Arabic language compulsory in Islamabad schools will be sent to the NA’s standing committee for review before passing it.
As per the report, the minister clarified that Quranic teachings are already imparted across all Pakistan schools, adding that the decision to teach classical Arabic as opposed to conventional Arabic in school had also been under consideration for some time. Shafqat Mehmood added that the PTI-led government has no reservations against teaching Arabic as a language in schools.
