Government of Sindh has issued a notification that educational institutes in Sindh will remain close for indefinite time span amid COVID-19.
According to the details, the department of education in Sindh has issued a clear notification that Schools and colleges are not being opened from June 1, 2020.
It is pertinent to mention that the steering committee for education had decided in a meeting held on May 12 that the provincial government can’t risk the lives of students as coronavirus is spreading despite taking all possible measures.
Sindh Minister for Education, Labour and Human Resources Saeed Ghani had said in the meeting held on May 12, that the education department cannot risk reopening educational institutions in the province by June 1 or June 15 as he is being pressured to do so by several private school associations.
Earlier this month, the education minister said that Federal Minister for Education Shafqat Mahmood’s announcement that the closure of schools would be extended till July 15 and all students of classes one to 12 were to be promoted without having to sit for exams was given in haste without looking at the problems from all angles.
“But to all the private schools saying that schools should reopen from June 1 or June 15, I will also say that we are also not prepared for that. We will have to extend the closure,” he said, adding that the steering committee on education had already announced the entire academic plan in March, but after Shafqat Mahmood’s announcement last week.
He called him to inform that he did not have the Sindh education department’s consent and they would like to review his decisions by calling their steering committee’s meeting again.
