(ISLAMABAD) The federal and provincial education ministers will
meet today (Monday) virtually to decide about the proposed early and extended
winter vacation for educational institutions in light of the rising coronavirus
incidence among students and their teachers. Minister for Federal Education
Shafqat Mahmood will chair the meeting. The participants will be briefed by the
national health services ministry and National Command and Operation Centre
about the pandemic related situation in the country. Lately; the NCOC had
recommended early and extended winter break in educational institutions to
prevent the spread of coronavirus. Universities; colleges and schools were
closed across the country from March to September due to the outbreak of Covid-19. They
reopened in September under the standard operating procedures but more and more
are being closed due to the detection of coronavirus cases among students and
staff members.
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