FROM ABID USMAN
LAHORE: All government and private schools across Punjab have
reopened Friday after winter vacations.
The educational institutions of Punjab were closed from December 23 till
January 6 on account of winter vacations.
Meanwhile, due to rain and increase in cold, the attendance of the students
at the schools is low.
On Thursday, Punjab Education Minister Murad Raas welcoming the students and
teachers back to school urged them to follow COVID SOPs issued by the
government.
It is noteworthy that schools and colleges in Sindh reopened on Monday after
winter vacations ended on Jan 1. The province began the winter vacations on
Dec 20.
The National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) had advised all the
provinces to push forward the holidays to January so that students could be
inoculated in schools. But the educational institutions in Sindh began their
vacations from Dec 20 while those in Punjab closed for winter break from Dec
23.
