Lahore, Punjab province announces reopening of schools today on Monday. All the public sector educational institutes will reopen today after summer vacations. Many of the private institutes are scheduled to be reopening after Eid ul fitr but most of the private schools follow government schedule. It was supposed that government will reopen the schools after Eid ul fitr and will extend the summer vacations on the great demand of students, teachers and their parents but it could not happen and government had announced schools reopening orders today on August 15. It Is noticeable that Punjab school education department requested chief minister not to extend summer vacations as here is no reason for more vacations and they argued that schools will face difficulty in completing their 210 academic days which are compulsory to be completed under education calendar of Punjab government. According to sources, as many of the private schools would not reopen on August 15, a dispute was likely to flare up over the summer vacation schedule issue. EDO Education Lahore Pervaiz Akhtar, confiremed the reopening of schools on August 15 and also opposed the rumors people were spreading about extension in summer vacations. Islamabad, federal government education department extended summer vacations till September 4 for the ease of school teachers and parents. And this extension meant another 20 to 25 days off from schools. Vacations have been extended on the demand of teachers and parents. Federal government had been uncertain to extend summer holidays, citing several reasons, the most important that students would not be able to finish their courses on time. Announcement came during Independence Day celebrations, The Federal Directorate of Education (FDE) spokesperson Rafiq Tahir, and Capital Administration Development Division (CADD) jointly said, “It is now official. Holidays have been extended in all federal government education institutions,” President Federal Government Teachers Association (FGTA) Azhar Awan also appreciated the decision. Notification has been issued, officials said.
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