NCOC proposes Summer Vacation plan for schools

By Team CG
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June 29, 2021
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The National Command and Operation Center (NCOC) has suggested a new plan for summer break that is from 18 July to 2 August due to a possible fourth outbreak of coronavirus in July.

However, the government of Punjab expressed conflicting views on the matter and has proposed that the summer break should be at least one month long, from 2 July to 2 August.

The plan will be confirmed during the Inter-Provincial Education Conference (IPEC) later this week, which will be chaired by the Federal Minister for Education, Shafqat Mahmood.

In a bid to curtail the academic loss experienced due to the repetitive shutting of schools during the third outbreak of COVID-19, the provincial government had said in May that all the public and private schools in Punjab will have short summer vacation.

Punjab’s Minister for School Education, Murad Raas, had said that students had suffered the most and due to the academic disruptions caused by the pandemic.

He had further stated that the government is mindful of the dangers of the extremely hot weather, and said that the decisions will be taken in accordance with the situation.