ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Education Shafqat Mehmood said on Thursday that the government wanted to introduce a \u2018unanimous\u2019 academic calendar in the country. Talking to the media after attending the meeting of education ministers of all the four provinces, he said it meant that admissions to educational institutions, students\u2019 examinations and vacations should be held as per the declared schedule. He further said that it had been decided at the meeting that unlike last year when the syllabuses had to be cut short due to the coronavirus pandemic, this year students would complete their syllabuses. \u201cMatriculation and intermediate exams will be held in May and June this academic year,\u201d he said. He added various programmes were discussed at the meeting to make up for the academic loss to the students caused due to the pandemic. \u201cUnder one of such projects, which to be supported by the World Bank, and to be run by both the federal and provincial governments, boundary walls of schools, particularly of girls\u2019 schools, and toilets will be built,\u201d the minister elaborated. He further said that kits such as soaps and sanitizers would be provided to schools across the country so that the students and teachers could protect themselves against the Covid-19. Our Correspondent<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Education Shafqat Mehmood said on Thursday that the government wanted to introduce a \u2018unanimous\u2019 academic calendar in the country. Talking to the media after attending the meeting of education ministers of all the four provinces, he said it meant that admissions to educational institutions, students\u2019 examinations and vacations should be held […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[2],"tags":[222,241],"class_list":{"0":"post-228086","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-top-news","7":"tag-government","8":"tag-shafqat-mehmood"},"yoast_head":"\n