KARACHI: Sindh Minister of Education Saeed Ghani has announced on 18th of April that in view of the augmenting number of COVID-19 cases in the Province, there will be no physical classes for pupils of class I to VIII till 1st of day of May, 2021. 

Ghani asked the educational institutions to continue the process of edification by means of online classes. He further announced that students of grades 9-12 would phyusically attend the classes with fifty percent attendance in classes. Schools conducting classes will have to fully implement all issued SOPs.

Earlier, in the month of September klast year, he had expressed satisfaction over adherence to the standard operating procedures (SOPs) being adopted by the educational institutions which have been reopened in the first phase.

The minister said he personally visited public and private sector schools to ensure that the SOPs were being followed. “Although the situation is satisfactory, the parents and the school management should ensure optimal compliance with the health department issued SOPs,” he advised and pointed out that despite a decline in the spread of the pandemic, coronavirus still existed.

Ghani had earlier warned that if the virus cases began to increase again, the educational institutions as well as the other sectors would have to be closed again. Minister of Education said as per the decision of the National Coordination Committee (NCOC) the educational institutions were supposed to be reopened in 3 phases.

“However, the Sindh government has postponed the second phase in view of the prevailing situation,” he told elaborating that the second phase had been deferred because new virus cases had surfaced from the educational institutions. He acknowledged the financial losses suffered by the private and public sector institutions during the COVID-19 lockdown but he said human lives were more important than any financial consideration.

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