Vacations end: Schools reopen in Punjab after winter break

LAHORE: All public and private educational institutions across the province will reopen today (Monday) after the winter vacations.

The Punjab government had announced winter vacations from December 24 until January 1.

All public and private schools, colleges and universities in the province had announced the holidays as per the government timetable.

After the vacations ended on Sunday, all educational institutions across the province will, as per the schedule, resume classes on Monday.



The government had announced the holidays through a letter sent by the Punjab School Education Department to all executive district officers of education, directing them to ensure winter vacations were observed as per schedule.

The letter directed them to ensure that all school heads in their jurisdiction observed the winter vacations as per the prescribed dates issued by the government or else they would have faced legal action by the authorities.

Published in The Express Tribune, January 2^nd, 2017.