ISLAMABAD: The summer vacations for schools have been reduced to one month only as the academic session is set to begin from 2nd August this year.
Federal Education Minister Shafqat Mehmood in a tweet announced that a new academic year for schools will begin in August.
Academic year for schools will start this year from August. Private school are free to use any text book that is in conformity with Single National Curriculum and has NOC from provincial government https://t.co/nMOBpKlri8
— Shafqat Mahmood (@Shafqat_Mahmood) January 28, 2021
They cannot decide this unilaterally. We have given instruction that NOCs should be given expeditiously https://t.co/MhMW5ekbCm
— Shafqat Mahmood (@Shafqat_Mahmood) January 28, 2021
The calendar of academic session 21-2020 has been released for the federal government educational institutions which declare that the new academic year will start from 2nd August. All educational institutions, including schools, colleges, and tuition centers, will follow the new schedule.
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According to the Federal Directorate of Education, the summer holidays will start from 2nd to 31st July and the examinations will be held in May 2021. The SNC has been developed in consultation with area governments, and students of pre-1 to grade 5 will follow it.
It will come into effect across all public and private schools in the next academic year. It should be noted that due to the outbreak of coronavirus in Pakistan, educational institutions were partially opened during the year 2020. However, online teaching continued but at present, all educational institutions in the country have been opened and the educational system has been fully restored.
