Government primary schools across the country will remain open for the first 10 days of the month of Ramzan. The Directorate of Primary Education has set new timings for schools during Ramadan. Classes in primary schools will start at 9:00 am and continue till 3:00 pm.
A notification signed by the directorate general (DG) Shah Rezwan Hayat confirmed the timing.
There will be a break of half an hour from 1:00 pm to 1:30 pm.
At the beginning of the year, the list of annual holidays was published with 30 days of holidays for primary, secondary schools and colleges during Ramadan. The Ministry of Education later changed the decision on 8 February and stated that secondary schools would remain open for the first 15 days of Ramadan. The Ministry of Primary and Mass Education also took the same decision. However, the authorities decided that primary schools will remain open for the first 10 days of Ramzan.