Murad Raas announces new timings for Punjab schools
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Punjab Education Minister Murad Raas.
LAHORE: Punjab Education Minister Murad Raas Thursday announced that school timings in the province have been changed.
The development came amid extremely hot weather in the province.
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“Please follow SOPs issued by the government,” he added.
Earlier on Wednesday, the Federal Directorate of Education (FDE) had decided to shorten the duration of classes due to the ongoing heatwave in Islamabad after 25 students fainted due to suffocation at a school.
The Federal Directorate of Education has revised the timings of educational institutions in Islamabad, it announced Wednesday. The decision has been taken in view of the ongoing heat wave in the Islamabad Capital Territory, the FDE said in a notification. The timings of single-shift institutions will be from 7am to 11am, Monday to Thursday. In double-shift institutions, morning classes will be held from 7am to 11am, Monday to Thursday. The timings of evening classes are from 7am to 11am, Friday and Saturday. The development comes a day after at least 25 students fainted during a power outage at a government-run school in Bhara Kahu. The students suffered a heat stroke, a.
A large number of parents have demanded of the concerned authorities to announce summer vacations for the students especially early years whose health is at risk due to the sizzling heat outside and prolonged exposure to high temperatures within the classrooms, lacking facility of cooling and clean drinking water