Sindh government decides to close primary classes

KARACHI: Sindh Education Department has decided not to open its primary section of schools that were supposed to be open on 30th September.

Addressing a conference in Karachi, Sindh Education Minister said that middle classes would not start from September 21. This phase is being postponed until 28th September. We will review the situation and then make a decision, he further said.

Sindh Education Minister Saeed Ghani said that the decision to start sixth to eighth classes in Sindh from 21st September has been postponed.

Educational instiutes in Pakistan were reopened on 15th September after a decline in the coronavirus cases. It was earlier decided that the primary sections of schools will be reopened from 30th this month but due to emerging cases of coronavirus in the schools again, the decision to open the school has been delayed.

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It is noteworthy that Sindh is the most coronavirus affected province, followed by Punjab, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan. Due to the re-emergence of coronavirus cases in Sindh, the government has closed markets in the province again at 9 pm.