(Karachi) Amid rising coronavirus cases across the country; Sindh
Education Department on Friday summoned a meeting to deliberate shutting down
schools and colleges to prevent virus spread. The meeting will be attended by
representatives of the private schools association. During the meeting, the
stakeholders will consider recommendations made by the federal government with
regard to educational institutes. Earlier this week; the Federal Ministry of
Education proposed closing down primary schools from November 24 and secondary
from December 2 until January 31 next year. The committee's recommendations
will be presented before the Inter-Provincial Education Ministers' Conference
(IPEMC) scheduled for November 23 {Monday}. On Tuesday; Sindh Education
Minister Saeed Ghani had ruled out the possibility of winter vacations this
year. He said students have been given more holidays than usual this year due
to the coronavirus pandemic. Speaking to Geo.tv,
Federal Minister for Planning and Development and National Command and
Operations Centre (NCOC) Chief Asad Umar said the body will be recommending
cutting short the 2021 summer break to compensate for early and extended winter
vacations this year. "No sector comes close to the education sector in
terms of the number of people attached to it. There are over 50 million
students across Pakistan;’ he said. ‘Although children have the ability to
fight the disease better; they are carriers {of the virus}.’ ‘I think we should
announce early and extended winter vacations to contain the second wave of
infections;’ he continued. ‘The summer break can be curtailed to ensure that
the number of school days does not change.’
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