KARACHI: All schools and colleges of the province would be closed for the summer vacation in the months of July and August, instead of June and July, to the decision of steering committee of Sindh education department.This was stated by Sindh Senior Minister for Education and Literacy Pir Mazharul Haq while talking to the media. Earlier, he had presided over a meeting of the steering committee at the conference room of Sindh Assembly, here on Saturday.
He said that the steering committee of Sindh education department had received suggestions from civil society, government and private sectors that keeping in view the coming Holy month of Ramzan, summer vacations should be rescheduled to facilitate the citizens.
He said in view of these suggestions, the committee has decided that summer vacation in all schools and colleges of Sindh would be observed from July 1 to August 31, 2011 and the educational institutes would reopen after the Eid-ul-Fitar.
Pir Mazhar further said that the steering committee set up a committee consisting on three senior officers of the education department including Acting Secretary Sindh Education Department Waeem Ursani, Director Private Institutions Sindh Mansoob Ahmed Siddqui and Chairman Board of Intermediate Education Karachi (BIEK), Prof. Anwar Ahmed Zai to take on board all O and A level schools, regarding the steering committee decision.
He said that the chairmen of all educational boards of Karachi had assured him that they would complete the examination process in the month of May.
