LAHORE: Education boards in Punjab have announced colleges allowed to resume academic activities in 34 districts from May 31.
Moreover, the higher education department in its notification has announced to reopen colleges in 34 out of the total 36 districts of the province from May 31. The education institutes in Khanewal and Rahim Yar Khan districts will remain closed till further orders.
The colleges in the other 34 districts will reopen with complete implementation upon COVID SOPs. The teachers and other staffers in the colleges have been directed to get COVID jabs by June 05.
The directives will apply to government and private colleges alike.
The decision was taken in Inter-Provincial Education Ministers Conference (IPEMC) attended by all education ministers.
It was decided in the meeting that Board exams would begin after June 20. Intermediate and Matric exams would be given priority which will start from the third week of June.
