Provinces disagree over reopening educational institutes from June 1

ISLAMABAD: Majority of provincial educational departments oppose the reopening of educational institutions in the country from 1st June.

As per details, during an inter-provincial education ministers’ conference today, the education departments of Punjab, Balochistan and Sindh opposed the reopening of the educational institutions while the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government supported the move.

The meeting was presided by Federal Minister for Education Shafqat Mahmood and all provincial ministers participated through video link.

The educational institutes should remain closed as the COVID-19 cases may drastically increase,” the provincial authorities said in the inter-provincial education ministers’ conference.

Owing to the disagreement between the provinces, it was decided that matter would be tabled during the National Coordinating Committee (NCC) meeting.

On Tuesday, the federal cabinet concurred to further ease the lockdown after 9 May however, left the final decision in this regard to the National Coordinating Committee.

A cabinet meeting, chaired by Prime Minister Imran Khan, delayed a summary for printing currency notes without varnishing for two months and discarded a plan for import of 429 medicines and their raw material from India.

The ministers permitted the inclusion of 61 food and non-food items in the quality control list of Pakistan Standards and Quality Control Authority.