Edu, health ministers to decide tomorrow on opening of schools

ISLAMABAD – Education and health ministers will meet at the NCOC tomorrow to decide whether to open or further close the educational institutions.

Federal Minister for Education Shafqat Mahmood on Sunday said in a tweet that the country’s health and education authorities are scheduled to meet at the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) on Tuesday. “Education and health ministers will meet at the NCOC Tuesday to decide whether to open or further close educational institutions. The exams situation will also be discussed. Whatever is decided will be a collective decision of the country’s health and education authorities & NCOC,” he said in the tweet.

Federal Minister for Education and Professional Training Shafqat Mahmood had announced on March 24 that educational institutes in areas with a high incidence of Covid-19, including Islamabad, will remain closed till April 11. Earlier this month, the NCOC had decided on a two-week spring vacation in educational institutions in 10 cities of Punjab, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, Azad Kashmir and Islamabad from March 15 till March 28.