Capital Administration and Development Division (CA&DD) on Sunday announced extension in summer vacations for all the educational institutions working under Federal Directorate of Education (FDE) till September 4.
Spokesman of CA&DD Rafique Tahir told APP that the decision had been taken in a meeting of the officials of CA&DD and FDE held on Sunday. The division has announced vacations again due to the hot weather conditions and the ongoing month of Ramadan and directed the private educational institutions to follow the same decision, Rafique Tahir said.
The summer vacations that had started on June 1 had ended on August 10 and the students joined their institutes on August 11. And now the students will have vacations till Eid-ul-Fitr. The parents of the students as well as teachers especially who had moved to their native towns were demanding extension in the summer vacations so that they could observe fasting and celebrate Eid at their home towns.