The decision was taken in a meeting of the Inter-Provincial Education Ministers Conference (IPEMC), chaired by Federal Education Minister Shafqat Mahmood. Mahmood directed the Chairman Higher Education Commission (HEC) to arrange online classes on urgent basis for students of higher education. Sindh opposes decisionSindh Education and Labour Minister Saeed Ghani opposed the federal government’s decision to close all educational institutions. He suggested that only those educational institutions should be closed that have an enrolment of 73% at the primary level, while classes VI and above should continue. He further suggested that all non-teaching activities in educational institutions should be stopped completely for a year.

Source: The Express Tribune November 23, 2020 08:31 UTC