ISLAMABAD: The National Command and Operation Center (NCOC) will hold an “important” meeting on April 6 (today) with all education and health ministers to decide reopening of education institutions amid an upsurge in the coronavirus pandemic in the country.
In a tweet, the NCOC said the meeting will also review the SOPs for Ramzan in the light of the suggestions of religious scholars.
The session will be chaired by Minister for Planning and Development Asad Umar. Minister for Education and Professional Training Shafqat Mehmood and Minister for Religious Affairs and Interfaith Harmony Pir Noorul Haq Qadri will attend the meeting.
The federal government had earlier shut all education institutions in cities where the coronavirus positivity ratio was high till April 11.
In a tweet, the minister said that the exam situation will also be discussed during the meeting.
“Whatever is decided will be a collective decision of the country’s health and education authorities & NCOC,” he had said.
Students are staging protests in major cities demanding postponement of exams as in-person learning has been badly affected due to the closure of schools.
