Overview
- The Sindh government reversed its days-old order on Wednesday and reinstated Saturday as a holiday for all public and private schools across the province.
- The new notification, approved by Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah, supersedes earlier July directives that had ordered a six-day academic week starting August 1.
- Weekday teaching hours will be increased by one hour so schools keep the same total instructional time despite returning to a Monday–Friday schedule.
- Confusion grew after the July 29 directive and an interim clarification that appeared to let private schools set their own schedules, which prompted the single authoritative notification.
- Officials sent the superseding order to the governor, chief secretary and education directorates and said detailed timings for single‑ and double‑shift schools will follow as schools implement the change.