KARACHI: The Sindh government on Wednesday said that it was “unlikely” for schools to be allowed to resume classes from mid-January as was announced by the federal government when it closed down educational institutional countrywide last month. The government in November announced a nationwide closure of schools and postponed examinations to curtail rising coronavirus infections and a surge in new virus-related hospitalisations. “Keeping in view the ongoing second wave of the coronavirus pandemic, it is unlikely that education institutes would be reopened in January 2020,” Ghani, the provincial minister for education, said while addressing a press conference in Karachi. However, he said, unlike the last term in the first wave of the pandemic, students will not be promoted to new grades without sitting for exams. State television and radio stations were used to broadcast lessons at home for students in government schools.

Source: Pakistan Today December 23, 2020 12:22 UTC