Sindh shrines reopen today as corona cases drop
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KARACHI/ISLAMABAD: The Sindh government has issued coronavirus Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) for shrines, which are set to reopen across the province from today (June 28).
According to the SOPs, devotees will only be allowed to stay in the shrine for 10 minutes and the entry of people aged above 50, young children or those exhibiting symptoms of illness will be restricted, reported private news channel.
Langars (free meals) will not be distributed, while other standard COVID-19 SOPs such as wearing masks, maintaining social distancing and stringent sanitation measures will also be followed.
No summer holidays in schools this year, conveys Sindh govt
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KARACHI: Sindh government has conveyed to the private schools that it would not announce summer holidays this year in order to compensate the loss of students owing to COVID-19 pandemic that has forced educational institutes to shut down for months, ARY NEWS reported.
Sharing the decision, President of All Pakistan Private Schools Federation (APPSF) Kashif Mirza said that students have already suffered a lot owing to pandemic and Sindh has conveyed that they would not be announcing holidays to compensate the loss.
“The Covid situation in the country is currently under control,” he said and stressed upon the need to include stakeholders in decision-making process for better inputs.
NCOC proposes dates for summer holidays in educational institutes
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According to details, the NCOC has proposed summer holidays between July 18 and August 01.
However, the Punjab government while opposing the decision conveyed that it wanted to announce a month-long holiday from July 02 to August 02.
After disagreement from both sides, the matter would now be mulled over by the education conference of the NCOC where provinces will have their say over the matter.
The meeting will be convened soon to finalize the decision.
It is pertinent to mention here that the All Pakistan Private Schools Federation (APPSF) on Saturday announced that there would be no summer holidays across the nationwide educational institutes in 2021.