Educational institutions agree to open with SOPs in the first week of September

Islam Abad(94 news)It has been agreed to open educational institutions across the country in the first week of September with SOPs. This decision was taken in the inter-provincial education ministers' conference chaired by Federal Education Minister Shafqat Mehmood, in which it was agreed that all educational institutions across the country will be opened in the first week of September.

It has been informed by the sources that it has been decided in the meeting that the Corona situation will be reviewed before opening the educational institutions while two more meetings will be called in this regard. It should be noted that the Ministry of Education had prepared SOPs in this regard, the Department of School Education had also made suggestions in this regard which were being considered.

In this regard, Education Minister Shafqat Mehmood had also indicated that the school is being considered for opening, so now it has been agreed to open the educational institution in the first week of September with SOPs. On the one hand, it has been decided to open educational institutions, on the other hand, the control committee Dr. Atta-ul-Rahman said that we should not rush to open schools, we have to act carefully now.
He said that there should be no haste in this matter, there is danger in it, many lives may be lost, caution should be taken now and work should be done on education while maintaining social distance. While speaking, he has advised the concerned authorities to review the situation by November or December and take a decision later. He said that now we are getting thousands of cases almost on a daily basis, when this number 1 will be less than 1000, then it will be appropriate to open a school because the risks will be very less.
In spite of all these elements, permission has been given to open educational institutions in September as per the SOPs. 15 August was said, but the federal government has now allowed educational institutions to open in the first week of September.