{"id":82571,"date":"2025-08-07T19:46:24","date_gmt":"2025-08-07T14:46:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/?p=82571"},"modified":"2025-08-07T19:46:24","modified_gmt":"2025-08-07T14:46:24","slug":"punjab-govt-extends-summer-vacation-for-schools-across-province","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/pakistan\/punjab-govt-extends-summer-vacation-for-schools-across-province\/","title":{"rendered":"Punjab govt extends summer vacation for schools across province"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>LAHORE: The Punjab government on Thursday extended the <a href=\"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/education\/will-punjab-schools-remain-closed-till-august-31\/\">summer vacation<\/a> for all public and private schools across the province, the Punjab School Education Department said in a notification.<\/p>\n<p>According to the education department, the <a href=\"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/pakistan\/govt-announces-four-consecutive-holidays-this-month\/\">holidays<\/a> have been extended until August 31, with schools scheduled to reopen on Monday, September 1.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;All Schools (Public and Private) shall reopen on Monday, 1 September 2025, resuming a full\/normal week for all classes,&#8221; it reads. &#8220;All Chief Executive Officers of District Authorities (DEAs) are directed to ensure compliance with the directions in letter and spirit,&#8221; the notification stated.<\/p>\n<p>The decision came as high temperatures and humidity levels raised concerns related to the impact on children&#8217;s health.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier, a notification circulated on social media, claiming that the Punjab government has extended the summer vacation, the authenticity of which was earlier denied by the concerned department.<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0School Education Department clarified that no such decision had been made, and that any official updates would be communicated through proper channels.<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-10\">\n<p id=\"div-ub-dailypakistan.com.pk_1689057861141\">As the speculation arose, the Punjab Education Minister Rana Sikandar Hayat had said that a proposal is under consideration to extend the summer holidays in the wake of the ongoing harsh weather.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are closely monitoring the weather situation, and a final decision will be made soon in the best interest of students\u2019 health and safety,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-10\">\n<h2>Punjab summer vacations<\/h2>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-82573 \" src=\"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG-20250807-WA0021.jpg.avif\" alt=\"\" width=\"646\" height=\"832\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG-20250807-WA0021.jpg.avif 1080w, https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG-20250807-WA0021.jpg-233x300.avif 233w, https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG-20250807-WA0021.jpg-795x1024.avif 795w, https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG-20250807-WA0021.jpg-768x989.avif 768w, https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG-20250807-WA0021.jpg.avif 1080w, https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG-20250807-WA0021.jpg-233x300.avif 233w, https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG-20250807-WA0021.jpg-795x1024.avif 795w, https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG-20250807-WA0021.jpg-768x989.avif 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 646px) 100vw, 646px\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LAHORE: The Punjab government on Thursday extended the summer vacation for all public and private schools across the province, the Punjab School Education Department said in a notification. According to the education department, the holidays have been extended until August 31, with schools scheduled to reopen on Monday, September 1. &#8220;All Schools (Public and Private) [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":52610,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[23997,19839,28194,17859],"class_list":["post-82571","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pakistan","tag-punjab-education","tag-punjab-summer-vacation","tag-punjab-vacations","tag-summer-holidays"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82571","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\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=82571"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82571\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":82574,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82571\/revisions\/82574"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/52610"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=82571"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=82571"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=82571"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}