Educational institutions will remain closed until April 11. The government announced

Lahore (94 news) Education Minister Shafqat Mehmood announced that the spread of corona virus in Lahore and Islamabad is alarming, therefore educational institutions in some districts 11 It has been decided to keep it closed till April.

Addressing the press conference after the meeting of NCOC, Shafqat Mahmood said that educational institutions mean all kinds of educational institutions, including universities, schools, schools and all other institutions. 15 From 28 were closed till March, in those areas where the severity of the disease was high, it has been decided that now 11 More educational institutions will be closed in these selected districts by April. He said that of Punjab 10 Educational institutions will remain closed in districts including Faisalabad, Sialkot, Multan, Gujranwala, Gujarat, Rawalpindi, Sargodha, Sheikhupura, Lahore.

Shafqat Mahmood said that it is the discretion of the provinces in which cities to close the educational institutions. 9 Educational institutions were closed in the districts and later one more district was added to it, similarly in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. 8 Educational institutions were closed in the districts. Looking at the severity of the disease, the provinces will decide together with their health departments in which cities to close the educational institutions.

Shafqat Mahmood said that 11 During the closure of educational institutions till April, the administration can call the teachers to school if they want, we are keeping an eye on the disease situation, we realize that the closure of the school causes a lot of damage to the education of the children, but the health of the children is the first priority, on which we cannot take any risk.

He said that in the meeting of NCOC there was also a discussion about the upcoming exams, the board exams of class 9th, 10th, 11th and 12th will be according to their time table, which will be in May, June and July.