Zubair Qureshi
On the second day of education, not only little kids in schools (pre-nursery, nursery and primary) but their parents also followed Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) and health guidelines bringing much needed solace to teachers and schools’ administration.
The Federal Directorate of Education (FDE) and the education ministry had warned schools found violating the SOPs or ignoring the health guidelines.
On Thursday, one could see a large number of students standing peacefully along with their parents waiting outside the school gates keeping a safe distance and wearing masks.
“We have been asked to queue outside the gate before entering,” said a grade-3 student of an Islamabad Model School in Sector G-6.
We shall let them enter the building one by one after sanitizing their hands and taking their temperature, said a school employee who was standing with a bottle of sanitizer in one hand and a temperature gun in the other.
However, this was not the case in all the 400 plus schools and colleges of the FDE as they lacked resources to buy hand sanitizers or masks for their staff.
We have asked our students to bring masks and hand sanitizers from their house, said a vice principal of a Model College for Girls while requesting anonymity.
Meanwhile, in the Federal Capital, some 30 cases of coronavirus were reported during the last 24 hours against 4,700 tests. According to Dr Zaeem Zia, District Health Officer of Islamabad the positivity has dropped down to 0.6%, which is quite reassuring. He advised the public to avoid going to places if they had symptoms for the disease, and if necessary they must wear a mask while going out keeping a safe distance.
According to the data, the total recoveries till date were 15,921, total cases till date are 16,581, deaths caused thus far are 182 with a percentage ratio of 1.09% and the recovery rate is 96% while active cases are only 478.
