Sindh Education Minister Saeed Ghani on Tuesday said that students have been given more than usual holidays this year due to global coronavirus pandemic ruling out the possibility of winter vacations this year.

The provincial minister was quoted by Geo News saying , “Therefore, there's no question of winter vacations right now.”

He added that final decision on the matter will be taken during the National Command and Operations Centre (NCOC) meeting late November.

Ghani’s statement comes a day after Federal Minister of Education Shafqat Mahmood convened a special meeting of education ministers to decide on an NCOC recommendation for early and extended winter vacations amid spike in COVID-19 in the country.

Since there was no consensus, a decision on the matter was deferred till next week.

Meanwhile, the Balochistan government has announced early winter vacations today (Tuesday). The provincial education minister said winter vacations will start from December and the new education year will begin three months later, in March.