LAHORE: Amid outcry from private schools against prolonged vacations, the Punjab government announced further seven-day school holidays because of scorching heat on Monday.
Punjab Education Minister Rana Sikandar announced the holidays in a post on X. The minister shared a notification, stating that all the public and private schools would remain closed from May 25 to 31.
“Viewing parents’ opinion and intensity of the weather, we have decided to give the holidays from this week,” he said.
معزز اساتذہ اکرام اور والدین کی رائے ہمارے لیے اہم اور بچوں کا تحفظ ہمیشہ مقدم رہے گا۔ آئیں موسمیاتی تبدیلی سے نمٹنے کے لیے انفرادی اور اجتماعی سطح پر عملی اقدامات اُٹھائیں۔ pic.twitter.com/sR0ePjbxu3
— Rana Sikandar Hayat (@RanaSikandarH) May 20, 2024
The education minister said the private institutes conducting examinations would be conditionally allowed to keep them open as his ministry’s top priority was to protect students from the weather’s intense effects.
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