Overview
- The Sindh Education and College Education departments issued formal notifications that take effect August 1 requiring all public and private schools and colleges to operate Monday through Saturday until further notice.
- The College Education Department set specific shift hours for colleges: morning shift 8:30am–1:30pm Monday–Thursday and Saturday and 8:30am–11:30am on Friday, and evening shift 3pm–7pm Monday–Thursday and Saturday and 2:30pm–5pm on Friday.
- Schools and colleges reopened under the new schedule with lower-than-normal student attendance on the first day, and some private schools chose to delay regular classes until August 3.
- The province declared a one-day holiday for Chehlum on August 4 and announced security measures that include an extended enforcement of Section 144, a ban on pillion riding, and deployment of Army and Rangers for the observance.
- Officials also approved an NGO-led eye-screening program to test students and provide glasses in several districts, and the August order formally supersedes a March 31 notification that had made Saturdays a holiday as part of earlier austerity measures because authorities said weekend closures were harming curriculum completion.