LAHORE: Punjab Minister Dr Murad Raas said here on Monday that all the public and private schools in the province will open phase wise. The students from class 9 to 12 will start attending their classes from September 15.

The students of class 6 to 8 will start attending their classes from September 22 and the students of Nursery to class 5 will attend their classes from September 30. He said classes will be held on alternate days, and there will be no double shifts in the schools.

Meanwhile, all the educational institutes including public and private schools, colleges and universities would reopen on September 15 according to the Standing Operating Procedures issued by the government of Punjab after months-long break due to the coronavirus pandemic. Minister Higher Education Punjab Raja Yasir Humayun Sarfraz said that education institutions would reopen from 15 September.

After attending inter-provincial education ministers conference through video link in PITB, Minister HED and information technology Raja Yassir Humayun Sarfraz said that the condition of Covid-19 has been decreased due to better steps of government of the Punjab therefore, we have decided to reopen educational institutions.

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