The Government of Punjab has extended the revised the school timings as notified earlier this month across the province once again due to extremely cold weather.
The School Education Department of Punjab has issued a notification stating that all schools in the province will continue commence classes at 9:30 am till 31 January 2024. The notification added that schools will resume their normal timings from 1 February 2024.
Here is a copy of the notification:
It is pertinent to mention that Government of Punjab had changed timings of school across the province earlier this month to protect students from the prevailing cold wave. However, all schools were scheduled to return to normal timings from 22 January 2024.
Furthermore, the Caretaker Chief Minister of Punjab, Mohsin Naqvi, had informed earlier this month that winter vacations will not be extended in the province.