Sindh Education Minister Saeed Ghani directed three private schools Karachi’s Orangi Town to be sealed on Thursday for failing to implement precautionary anti-coronavirus SOPs. The licenses of the schools have also been cancelled. According to the department’s officials, the schools had been conducting primary classes and were violating social distancing rules. Schools across Pakistan reopened on September 15 after six months. The government had announced that the resumption will take place in phases. Universities, colleges, and class IX and X resumed September 15 (today). Students from classes VI to VIII will be called to schools from September 23 and students enrolled below class VI will be called in from September 30. According to a statement by the National Command and Operation Centre, in the last 48 hours, over 22 schools across the country have been sealed for failing to comply with the government’s SOPs. It read that 16 of these institutions were in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, five were in Azad Jammu and Kashmir and one school in Islamabad was sealed. Meanwhile, the classes at IBA Karachi campus and City Campus have been suspended for two days’ after two students diagnosed COVID-19 positivesday. According to Institute of Business Administration (IBA) campus sources, two students at Karachi campus of the IBA have been found positive of coronavirus and shifted to quarantine. The infected students belong to Lahore and Islamabad, according to sources.The teaching classes have been suspended for two days at IBA’s Karachi and City campuses. A spokesperson of IBA has stated that the standard operating procedures (SOPs) will be made further effective at the academic institution.
