Karachi, 2nd February: Educational institutes may get closed again if the number of coronavirus cases increases.
Baaghi TV: Schools in Sindh might close if the coronavirus cases increase in the province.
The announcement by the Sindh Education Minister has come a day after all the educational institutes in the province reopened.
Sindh Education Minister Saeed Ghani, addressing a press conference on Tuesday, said that on February 1, all educational institutions reopened, while some unprepared schools remained close.
Ghani said, “Parents who do not want to send their children to schools can refrain from it. Also, the administration can’t ensure SOPs’ implementation; the parents should play their part in it as well.”
Moreover, the education minister said that 50% of attendance has been permitted in the schools in order to keep the virus at bay. He added that the government had conducted COVID-19 testing in schools and colleges.
The minister informed that until now, the positivity rate in colleges is 1.9%, while in schools it stands at 5.9%.
Ghani highlighted that four colleges had been shut after several COVID-19 cases were reported there.
He sharing further statistics that the government had conducted 11,845 tests in the province’s schools’ and from them, 546 came positive. “As the minister, I want the education department to improve.”
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