The Sindh government has revised the timings for all government and private educational institutions till January 31 reportedly owing to the cold wave.
As per a notification issued by the provincial School Education and Literacy Department dated January 8, the public and private schools under the administrative control of the School Education and Literacy Department will function from 9am onwards.
However, the notification said, these timings would not be applicable to the private and public schools falling in the Karachi region, for which the opening time would be 8:30am.
Earlier, schools across Sindh had resumed classes on January 1, after a 10-day winter vacation that started on December 22, 2023 amid unusually cold weather.
On the other hand, the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government has extended the winter holidays for government and private primary schools until January 13 due to severe cold and fog.
As per a notification, all private and government primary schools (from playgroup to Class 5) across Khyber Pakhtunkhwa will remain closed till January 13 due to the prevailing cold weather conditions.
