Pakistan’s private schools have reportedly demanded that the Saturday holiday should be ended for students.
According to reports, the schools also demanded to shorten the summer and winter holidays.
The demand was made by the Head of Pak Aiwan-e-Taleem for Private Schools, Qazi Naeem Anjum.
Qazi Naeem Anjum proposed that summer holidays should be limited to two months, while winter vacations should be reduced to only 10 days in January.
He wants private schools to have at least 180 days so Saturday holiday should be ended.
Citing the reason, he said the reduced number of teaching days made it difficult for schools to complete the syllabus.
No official announcement has been made yet, but the School Education Department assured representatives of private schools that their demands would be considered after hearing their proposals.
Closure of schools in Pakistan
Earlier, the government announced the closure of schools as part of an austerity and fuel conservation plan launched by the federal government.
Exams are continuing as usual in schools, and online classes have been arranged for students.
Recently, the federal government raised petroleum prices by Rs 55 per liter caused unrest among the public. The government made this huge increase, citing an increase in oil prices in the international market” due to war between US-Israel and Iran, which badly disrupted the entire Gulf region.
