On the other hand, students all over Pakistan are delighted after being awarded a nine-day break in the middle of the season. This comes at a time when the nation is getting ready for the next general elections, which are slated to take place on February 8.
From February 6 through February 9, all educational institutions, including public and private schools, colleges, and universities, will be closed, according to an announcement made by the Sindh Education Department on Thursday.
For the purpose of commemorating Kashmir Solidarity Day, the government has previously designated February 5 as a holiday for the general population. As an additional benefit, students will have additional days off because the 10th and 11th of February are weekends.
Maqbool Bakar, the Caretaker Chief Minister of Sindh, has given his approval to the decision to offer leave during this period. He cited the forthcoming general elections as the reason for his decision.
In accordance with the information provided, educational institutions run by the government will be converted into polling centers in preparation for the elections, and workers will be deployed in a number of different regions. As a result, the decision was made to celebrate holidays from the 6th to the 9th of February.
To facilitate the transformation of educational institutions into voting locations, officials from the ECP will assume charge of these establishments. In addition to that, it has been suggested that sensitive polling sites be outfitted with closed-circuit television cameras.
Additionally, from February 6 through February 9, all educational institutions in Islamabad will be closed without exception. In addition, the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa education authority has declared that certain dates will be considered breaks from school.
In addition, Mohsin Naqvi, the caretaker Chief Minister of Punjab, had announced the four-day election holidays that would be implemented in all of the province’s educational institutions, including colleges and universities.
A post was made on X by the caretaker CM. The Provincial Cabinet has decided that all public and private sector schools, colleges, and institutions in the province of Punjab would be closed from February 6th to February 9th in preparation for the approaching general elections that will take place on February 8th. They have given their approval for this decision. Only until the third of February will schools continue to operate at the 9:30 am time slot. It is expected that regular school hours would be respected in the future.
As of Monday, February 12, all of the educational institutions in the nation will resume their regular operations.
