HYDERABAD: Sindh Minister for Education and Labour Saeed Ghani has said that the provincial government had proposed the closure of primary schools in the first phase of a national strategy to contain the second wave of Covid-19 but the proposal was not accepted by the federal authorities.
He was speaking at a reception organized by the Sindh Khanzada Ittihad and later speaking to reporters here on Tuesday.
Explaining the Sindh government’s view that appeared different from the stand it had taken when the first wave of the virus swept through the country, he said students were imparted education in a regular and normal manner last year and until February this year.
They had completed their syllabus to some extent and that is why they were promoted under a policy. But this time, students have not even read the syllabus that had already been curtailed because they did not go to school.
Mr. Ghani said the Sindh government’s argument was not agreed upon. As such, the proposal of closing only primary schools and keeping secondary schools, colleges and universities open in the first phase was not accepted, he added.