Education News: ISLAMABAD: Pakistan announced on Friday that all secondary and higher secondary level schools in the country will reopen from January 18.
Pakistan’s educational institutions will start reopening from January 18. Federal Education Minister Shafqat Mahmood addressed a press conference on Friday and said the biggest impact on Pakistan’s COVID-19 tally was closing schools. Analysing the data, we have seen that from November 26 the drop in cases has not been significant, he said, adding that this calls for creating a balance between the health and education sector. Mahmood said that students have suffered a huge educational loss in 2020 but at the same time their health is the government s utmost priority as well. These are the decisions he announced: January 18 – Classes 9,10, 11 to startFebruary 1 – Primar.