Overview
- The Punjab Department of School Education has sent the winter timetable to Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz Sharif for approval.
- The draft sets general hours at 8:30 am to 2:30 pm, with single-shift girls’ schools on that schedule and single-shift boys’ schools operating 8:45 am to 2:45 pm.
- Friday dismissals would be earlier, including 12:15 pm for single-shift girls’ schools and 12:30 pm for single-shift boys’ schools.
- Double-shift schools would stagger sessions, with boys’ shifts at 8:45 am–12:45 pm and 1:00 pm–5:00 pm, and girls’ shifts at 8:30 am–12:30 pm and 12:45 pm–4:45 pm.
- Saturday would remain a holiday, and the revised hours would take effect on October 20 if approved and stay in place until March 2026.