Education Minister Shafqat Mahmood announced that the primary classes will reopen nationwide from February 1, while grades 9 -12 will resume from January 18 as planned.
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The federal government has suggested that educational institutions across Pakistan be reopened phase-wise from January 25.
It has proposed reopening primary schools in the first phase from January 25. Middle and secondary schools be reopened from February 4, it said in its recommendations to the National Command and Operation Centre.
Universities and colleges be reopened in the third phase, the centre proposed.
A final decision will be taken at a meeting of the federal and provincial educational ministers on January 4, after taking into consideration the health advisory.