Summer vacations extended till Sep 04

Spokesman CA&DD Rafique Tahir told APP that the decision has been taken in a meeting of the officials of CA&DD and FDE held today.

The division has announced vacations again due to the hot weather conditions and the ongoing month of Ramadan and directed the private educational institutes to follow the same decision, Rafique Tahir said.

The summer vacations that had started on June 1 had ended on August 10 and the students joined their institutes on August 11. And now the students will have vacations till Eid-ul-Fitr.

The parents as well as teachers especially who had moved to their native towns were demanding extension in the summer vacations so that they could observe fasting and celebrate Eid at their home towns.

Copyright Reuters, 2011