KARACHI: Amid rising coronavirus cases in Sindh, the provincial government has decided to extend the closure of educational institutions that were shut on July 24.
According to the new notification, all public and private schools across the province will remain closed till further orders of the Sindh government. The government sources say a decision to reopen schools and universities will be made on August 30.
“In pursuance of the decision of the Sindh Corona Task Force meeting and with the approval of competent authority, all public and private educational institutions under the administrative control of School Education and Literacy Department Government of Sindh shall remain closed till further orders,” the notification reads.
The new notification is the third such announcement within a week. Earlier, the provincial government had announced that schools in Sindh would remain closed till August 30.
Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah, in a statement, had said that teachers, staff and parents should be vaccinated before schools reopen. “It has been decided to reopen universities, colleges and schools after 10 days. They would be opened on August 30,” he had said.
Sindh Education Minister Sardar Shah had said schools would reopen with only 50% of students in attendance, while the educational institutions that have a full vaccination rate will be allowed a 100% student strength.
It is pertinent to mention that according to a decision by the Inter-Provincial Education Ministers Conference (IPEMC), educational institutions are opened across Pakistan except for Sindh where the positivity ratio was high as compared to other provinces.
The Sindh government had closed schools across the province on July 24 due to the rising number of Covid-19 cases although it had said that exams would take place according to schedule.
