Covid-19 situation: Shafqat Mehmood to make decision on schools today

ISLAMABAD: The Federal Ministry of Education and Vocational Training on Wednesday announced that a meeting of provincial education ministers will be held today (Thursday) to discuss whether the current situation of Kwid 19 in the country will lead to closure of schools. Guarantees

According to the notification issued in this regard, the 34th meeting of the Provincial Minister for Education Conference (IPEMC) is being held on Thursday at 11 am under the chairmanship of Federal Minister for Education Shafqat Mahmood in which various issues will be considered. .

They also include an overview of the current state of the country in terms of educational institutions. Other issues discussed during the meeting include inter-provincial consultation for timely supply of standard textbooks in the academic year 2022 and inter-provincial liaison for timely provision of NOC for textbooks.

It is worth mentioning here that the meeting will be through video conference. Briefing the media about the decisions taken at his weekly meeting of the federal cabinet on Tuesday, Information and Broadcasting Minister Fawad Chaudhry had said that Pakistan would not go through another lockdown and despite increasing cases of corona virus. Rejected reports of school closures.