Murad Raas says schools will shut down immediately if coronavirus situation worsens
Pakistan
Punjab s Minister for Education Murad Raas. Radio Pakistan/File
Punjab s Minister for Education Murad Raas on Thursday said that the province s education institutes will be shut down immediately if the coronavirus situation in the country worsens, ahead of a scheduled reopening of schools next week.
The minister, during a visit to a university in Lahore, said that students education had suffered the most due to coronavirus.
He said that when schools do reopen, they would operate on 50% student attendance.
Speaking about the challenges faced by educational institutes amid the pandemic, he said: More than 122,000 schools are operating in Punjab, we cannot have two shifts morning and evening.