KARACHI: There is no official decision regarding the extension of summer vacations in the metropolis. Still, there was a lot of confusion among parents regarding this matter on Friday after some private schools announced that they were going to extend the vacations due to the weather conditions, Ashura and Independence Day.

Due to heavy monsoon rains many of the city’s private schools decided to extend their summer vacation till Aug 9 as that would cover the heavy rains as well as Ashura.

Some other private school went even further to say that they will reopen on Aug 15 to also include Independence Day in their summer vacations. The decisions left many people confused. Some thought that the schools were following provincial government directives.

Meanwhile, according to the Sindh education department, the summer vacations are to officially conclude on July 31 with Monday, Aug 1, as the first day of school. It has not shared any notification regarding extension of holidays.

However, PSMA chairman Danish Uz Zaman explained that the decision regarding extension of summer vacations was taken by some private schools only.

“There has been no change of holiday schedule at the government level. The private schools that are going to reopen on August 15 also include the chain of Army Public Schools. But as the PSMA follows the Sindh education department, we are going to reopen our schools on Monday as planned earlier. If the education department issues a new directive on the matter, we will surely follow it,” he concluded.

Published in Dawn, July 30th, 2022