Govt extends educational institutions shutdown

The government has extended the closure of educational institutions to December 19 due to the coronavirus pandemic.

The Ministry of Education on Thursday issued a notice in this regard.

The government ordered all educational institutions to close on March 17 following an outbreak of the novel coronavirus in the country.

Since then, the shutdown has been extended on several occasions, and most recently it has been extened until November 14.

The government, however, scrapped this year's HSC, JSC, PEC and respectively equivalent examinations to curb the spread of the deadly virus.

This year's annual examinations in the secondary level were also cancelled for the same reason.