Federal Education Minister To Announce The Final Decision About Closure of Schools After NCOC Meeting

The final decision about the closure of the schools is going to be taken in the meeting of the national command and operation Centre. Earlier the federal minister for education and professional training had announced the NCOC meeting will be held on 6^th April 2021 to decide about the reopening of education sector and exams situation. After the previous meeting of the NCOC it had been announced that the educational institutes in the coronavirus hotspot areas will remain closed till 11^th April 2021. The Sindh education minister, Saeed Ghani has also said that the physical classes from grade one to eight will be suspended for 15 days from 6^th April 2021. According to the sources the meeting is in process and the final decision will be announced soon by Shafqat Mahmood.

Proposed Suggestions

In the meeting it has been proposed by the health department that the annual exams of matric and intermediate should be held after Eid-ul-Fitr. The provincial education ministers agreed to hold the exams after Eid because of the rapid upsurge in the number of the coronavirus cases. Moreover the education ministers are also considering to shut down the schools, colleges and universities till Eid due to the third wave of the coronavirus pandemic. However the Punjab education minister, Murad Raas opposed the decision to close the educational institutes for long time period as the students have not completed their course work.

Final Decision

Although the final decision has not been announced yet so the students are anxiously waiting for the announcement. The federal education minister ensures that the decision will be taken after reviewing the ongoing situation of the pandemic. Yesterday many students protested against the government’s decision about the conduction of the exams and the students demanded to cancel the exams.