Pakistan’s educational institutions had to be closed down because coronavirus infections were rising very fast, Federal education Minister Shafqat Mahmood tweeted Tuesday morning.
He said it was done with a heavy heart, Geo reported.
“I request all students to use this time not as a holiday but to revise their courses, do homework,” he said.
The federal education minister asked students to continue with their studies “as much as possible”.
Mahmood had made similar remarks last week while talking to Geo Pakistan. He had said the decision to close down educational institutes was taken due to non-compliance with government-issued coronavirus SOPs.
“The SOPs were not being followed as they should have been,” he had said, adding that health department data showed rapid virus transmission in education institutes.
Stressing that children’s health cannot be taken lightly, Mahmood said there were around 50 million students across the country i.e. one-fourth of our population. “They can become carriers. So it was necessary to shut down schools.”
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