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Summer vacations only for govt schools in province announced from today

Summer vacations only for govt schools in province announced from today
July 1, 2021

LAHORE (92 News) - The private schools in Punjab get relief as the summer vacations only for government schools in the province has been announced from today.

The Private Schools Association says that the notification of the Department of School Education does not mention private schools, adding, "We are not taking holidays from today. Private school hours will be from 7am to 11:30pm."

Earlier, notification of Summer Holidays (Vacation) wef 1st July 2021 has been issued. Punjab Education Minister, Dr Murad Raas has tweeted on 29-06-2021 for Summer Holidays (Vacation) 2021 in Educational Institutions wef 1st July 2021. In the same way, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK) Govt has also announced summer vacation with effect from 1st July 2021 to 11th July 2021.

Earlier, Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa have announced one-month summer vacation in schools from July 1. 

In a tweet on Tuesday, Punjab Education Minister Murad Raas said: "Summer vacation for schools of Punjab to start from July 1, 2021 till August 1, 2021. In these times of vacation, my request to all the children and their families is to follow SOPs issued by the government."

In Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, schools will be reopened on July 11. The federal educational institutions will be closed from July 18 to August 1.