{"id":74467,"date":"2025-05-15T11:28:18","date_gmt":"2025-05-15T06:28:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/?p=74467"},"modified":"2025-05-15T11:28:18","modified_gmt":"2025-05-15T06:28:18","slug":"punjab-likely-to-announce-early-summer-vacations-amid-rising-temperatures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/education\/punjab-likely-to-announce-early-summer-vacations-amid-rising-temperatures\/","title":{"rendered":"Punjab likely to announce early summer vacations amid rising temperatures"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>LAHORE: The Punjab School Education Department is <span class=\"diff-highlight\">considering<\/span> announcing early <a href=\"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/education\/education-department-expects-early-summer-holidays-in-punjab\/\">summer <span class=\"diff-highlight\">holidays<\/span> <\/a><span class=\"diff-highlight\">in<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">light<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">of<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">the<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">extreme<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">heat<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">that<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">is<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">affecting<\/span> the province.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"diff-highlight\">Originally<\/span>, the department announced <span class=\"diff-highlight\">summer<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">holidays<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">to<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">be<\/span> from June 1 to August 9. <span class=\"diff-highlight\">Given<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">the<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">current<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">extreme<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">heat<\/span>, schools may <span class=\"diff-highlight\">be<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">closed<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">for<\/span> a week earlier than <span class=\"diff-highlight\">the<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">dates<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">proposed<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">in<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">the<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">original<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">announcement<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>Officials <span class=\"diff-highlight\">indicated<\/span> that <span class=\"diff-highlight\">current<\/span> dates <span class=\"diff-highlight\">are<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">being<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">talked<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">about,<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">but<\/span> no official notification <span class=\"diff-highlight\">will<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">be<\/span> issued, <span class=\"diff-highlight\">effective<\/span> summer <span class=\"diff-highlight\">holidays<\/span> in Punjab schools.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"diff-highlight\">Schools<\/span> are <span class=\"diff-highlight\">currently<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">in<\/span> a <span class=\"diff-highlight\">modified<\/span> summer schedule, <span class=\"diff-highlight\">which<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">means<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">single<\/span>-shift schools <span class=\"diff-highlight\">will<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">open<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">at<\/span> 7:30 am\u00a0<span class=\"diff-highlight\">and<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">close<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">at<\/span> 1:00 pm Monday <span class=\"diff-highlight\">through<\/span> Thursday, and <span class=\"diff-highlight\">then<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">close<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">at<\/span> 11:30 am on <span class=\"diff-highlight\">Friday<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>Teachers <span class=\"diff-highlight\">must<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">report<\/span> to <span class=\"diff-highlight\">work<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">until<\/span> 1:30 pm\u00a0<span class=\"diff-highlight\">unless<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">extreme<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">temperatures<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">are<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">an<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">issue<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">and<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">a<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">call<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">is<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">made<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">to<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">release<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">staff<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">early<\/span>. The <a href=\"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/education\/pmdc-grants-one-time-5-merit-relaxation-for-mbbs-bds-admissions\/\">Pakistan Meteorological Department<\/a> (PMD) has <span class=\"diff-highlight\">said<\/span> that the first heatwave of May will <span class=\"diff-highlight\">start<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">on<\/span> Thursday and last for <span class=\"diff-highlight\">3<\/span><span class=\"diff-highlight\">&#8211;<\/span><span class=\"diff-highlight\">4<\/span> days.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"diff-highlight\">The<\/span> Met Office <span class=\"diff-highlight\">also<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">indicated<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">that<\/span> temperatures in upper and central Punjab <span class=\"diff-highlight\">and<\/span> Islamabad will <span class=\"diff-highlight\">be<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">between<\/span> 5\u00b0C to 7\u00b0C above normal <span class=\"diff-highlight\">from<\/span> May 15 <span class=\"diff-highlight\">to<\/span> 19. <span class=\"diff-highlight\">The<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">PMD<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">stated<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">that<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">a<\/span> westerly weather system <span class=\"diff-highlight\">may<\/span> enter <span class=\"diff-highlight\">the<\/span> northern parts of the country the evening or night of May 19.<\/p>\n<p>Local newspapers have <span class=\"diff-highlight\">noted<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">that<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">the<\/span> complaints from parents and teachers regarding <span class=\"diff-highlight\">students<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">suffering<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">from<\/span> heat-related illnesses <span class=\"diff-highlight\">are<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">increasing<\/span>, <span class=\"diff-highlight\">specifically<\/span> in government schools <span class=\"diff-highlight\">without<\/span> air-conditioning.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LAHORE: The Punjab School Education Department is considering announcing early summer holidays in light of the extreme heat that is affecting the province. Originally, the department announced summer holidays to be from June 1 to August 9. Given the current extreme heat, schools may be closed for a week earlier than the dates proposed in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":37789,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[47],"tags":[641,28717,28071],"class_list":["post-74467","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-education","tag-pmd","tag-heat-wave","tag-punjab-summer-vaccations"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74467","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=74467"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74467\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":74468,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74467\/revisions\/74468"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/37789"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=74467"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=74467"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=74467"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}