Two weekly holidays have been announced in the government schools of Punjab, after which there will be two days off on Saturday and Sunday.
Punjab Education Minister Rana Sikandar Hayat said that public schools in Punjab will have holidays on Saturday and Sunday.
He said that due to the teachers’ high workload, they decided to take Saturday off, while daily teaching hours in schools will be extended from Monday to Friday.
He said Saturday will be used for teacher training, capacity building and other matters.
Rana Sikandar Hayat further said that problems related to teachers’ promotions will also be solved soon, and the regularization plan for 14 thousand AEOs and SSEs is coming very soon.
