Punjab Education Minister Murad Raas has stated today that this year, summer holidays in schools will last only for two to three weeks as students have already been through a lot as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The provincial minister has made these comments while addressing a media talk in the provincial capital with Health Minister Dr Yasmin Rashid.
He also said that the provincial government has initiated vaccination for teachers and other non-teaching person associated to the educational institutions.
“There are 16,000 teachers and 4,000 non-teaching staff in the province. We are trying to complete the vaccination of teachers by end of June before reopening schools from June 7,” he stated.
Whereas, Dr Rashid stated that the vaccination procedure is ongoing and 3.5 million individuals have been given the shot in the province.
“Our target is to achieve 150,000 daily vaccinations. Implementation of SOPs and vaccine is the only solution to COVID-19,” she mentioned.
She further added that the government is at work to immunize teachers before schools reopen.
