Sindh will not fail students this year, reveals Saeed Ghani

Sindh Education Minister announced that the students whose marks would be less than 33%, will be offered extra marks to get clear the exam.

The Education Minister further said that the format of examinations has also been changed while the syllabus has also been reduced.

On the other hand, a meeting of the steering committee on summer vacations was held in which it was decided not to give summer vacations in the educational institutions of Sindh.

The Sindh government announced that school students will not be given summer vacations in the ongoing calendar year.

The committee, however, has decided to review the decision in case temperatures rise in days to come.

On the other hand, the provincial education department has notified that the exams for grade 10 will be held on July 5 and grade 12 on July 26.

The exams for grade 9 and 11 will be conducted afterwards.

The Sindh government had reopened schools after a decline in coronavirus cases last week. Students from grade 6-8 have been already joining classes with 50 per cent attendance since last week.

The government has already announced to open schools throughout the province from June 21.

Schools were reopened last week after restrictions on the coronavirus were eased.