Hurray! Summer vacations for Punjab schools announced

Amid severe heatwave, the education authorities in Punjab has announced summer vacations for schools across the province starting from June 1, reported 24NewsHD TV channel.

According to the Punjab School Education Department notification issued on Friday, the summer vacations for schools will start on June 1 and will end on August 14.

The School Education Department has also released new school timings due to the ongoing heatwave spell.

According to the new time schedule, the schools will open at 7 am and end at 11 am. On Fridays, the holiday will be at 10:30 am.

The notification for summer vacations will apply to both government and private schools.

The notification also called on school administrators to fix all the fans in the classrooms and provide cold water to the children.

Furthermore, the children will not be allowed to sit in the open space or playground.

All the education authorities will implement the new timetable at all costs. Action will be taken against the schools that do not obey the orders, the notification added.

Reporter Junaid Riaz