FDE changes summer vacation schedule

The Senate Standing Committee on Federal Education and Professional Training announced on Wednesday the related ministry to start summer vacations in federal educational institutions from July 1, as decided by the Punjab government.

In a meeting held at Parliament House chaired by Senator Irfan Siddiqui, the committee members raised questions about the discrepancies in the summer vacations dates in Punjab.

The committee members informed the ministry officials about the concerns raised by the members on the issue and directed that summer vacations should start from July 1.

The federal secretary for education guaranteed that the committee's instructions would come into effect.

Earlier, it was announced that the summer vacations for students this year have been reduced to two weeks starting from July 18 to Aug 1.

This was notified by the Federal Directorate of Education (FDE), which supervises 423 public sector schools and colleges in Islamabad.

“Summer vacation will be observed in all educational institutions working under the ambit of Federal Directorate of Education w.e.f 18-07-2021 to 01-08-2021,” it read.