KARACHI: The Sindh government has decided to reopen educational institutes for Class 6 to 8 from tomorrow Tuesday, June 15, in view of the improved coronavirus situation.
Sindh Education Minister Saeed Ghani said the decision was made in a meeting of the Provincial Coronavirus Taskforce presided by Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah.
The meeting decided to reopen all educational institutes for Class 6 to 8 from Tuesday, June 15, with fifty percent capacity. It was further decided to resume primary classes from June 21 keeping in view the coronavirus situation. The education minister said all staff members must be vaccinated against the virus.
It must be mentioned that the Sindh government has announced to resume classes for grades 9 and above last week. The National Command and Operations Centre (NCOC) had earlier issued instructions to keep all educational institutions in the province closed till June 7.
سندھ کرونا ٹاسک فورس کے اجلاس میں چھٹی سے آٹھویں جماعت تک کی کلاسز کل بروز منگل 15 جون سے %50 حاضری کیساتھ کھولنے کا فیصلہ کیا گیا ہے اور کرونا کی صورتحال میں مزید بہتری آنے کی صورت میں پرائمری کلاسز 21 جون سے شروع کردی جائینگی۔ اسکولوں کے سارے عملے کو vaccinated ہونا لازمی ہوگا
— Senator Saeed Ghani (@SaeedGhani1) June 14, 2021
Earlier Sindh Education Minister Saeed Ghani has announced that the matriculation and intermediate examinations will start in the province on July 5 and July 26 respectively.
He said the candidates will attempt 60 percent of the examination papers in optional subjects as per the pre-issued syllabus. The duration of examination papers will be two hours instead of three, while papers will carry 50% MCQs, 30% short questions, and 20% detailed questions.
The education minister remarked that due to the Covid-19 pandemic last year, the children of all the classes were promoted to the next level without examinations. He added that this would not be the case this year as examinations would be held.
