A school staffer pours water on a child at the primary school in Malpur area on Wednesday after several students fainted due to hot weather. White Star
ISLAMABAD: The Federal Directorate of Education (FDE) on Wednesday decided to reduce timings of classes after seven students of a primary school fainted due to suffocation.
It has also been decided that students will now attend school for two days in a week keeping in view the heat wave in the capital.
A notification of the FDE issued hours after the incident in a primary school of Malpur Area stated: “In the context of heat wave currently being experienced in ICT, the revised timings of educational institutions are as under in which students shall attend the institution only twice a week with no consecutive attendance.”
Islamabad At least 25 children were rushed to a hospital after they fainted due to the sweltering heat on Wednesday.Students of a school in Islamabad s Bara Kahu locality suffered immensely due to.