Media reports on closure of schools till October false: Education Minister

ISLAMABAD, September 04 (Online): Federal Minister for Education Shafqat Mahmood on Friday said that reports on closure of schools all over the country till October in the wake of corona epidemic are false.

He tweeted: Some fake accounts in my name are spreading false news that schools will remain closed till Oct. Not true. Education ministers meet on 7th to finally decide with likelihood of opening on Sept 15 in a phased manner

Some fake accounts in my name are spreading false news that schools will remain closed till Oct. Not true. Education ministers meet on 7th to finally decide with likelihood of opening on Sept 15 in a phased manner

— Shafqat Mahmood (@Shafqat_Mahmood) September 4, 2020

Shafqat Mahmood said the meeting between all the education ministers will decide the likelihood of reopening schools and that too, in a phased manner.

“Some fake accounts in my name are spreading false news that schools will remain closed till Oct. Not true.

Education ministers meet on 7th to finally decide with the likelihood of opening on Sept 15 in a phased manner,” he said in his tweet.

He chaired a conference of the education ministers of all four provinces in Islamabad where it unanimously decided not to reopen schools before September 15.