Federal Minister for Education Shafqat Mehmood, health situation in the country to be an important factor in determining reopening of schools.
The Inter-Provincial Education Ministers Conference (IPEMC) will take place on January 4, 2021, to review the pandemic situation in the country and decide on when to open schools and other educational institutes or if they should be reopened at all.
Mehmood turned to social media and tweeted on Twitter,
Inter-provincial Education Ministers conference will take place on Jan 4, 2021. Among other agenda points the most important would be an analysis of the health situation to determine re-opening of educational institutions
— Shafqat Mahmood (@Shafqat_Mahmood) December 25, 2020
The IPEMC had earlier decided to shut all schools, colleges, and universities from November 26 and announced that a review meeting would be held in the first week of January.
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