{"id":7170,"date":"2026-03-30T13:11:59","date_gmt":"2026-03-30T13:11:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pakistanaffairs.com.pk\/?p=7170"},"modified":"2026-03-30T13:12:00","modified_gmt":"2026-03-30T13:12:00","slug":"punjab-schools-to-open-on-april-1-with-classes-five-days-a-week-minister-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakistanaffairs.com.pk\/index.php\/2026\/03\/30\/punjab-schools-to-open-on-april-1-with-classes-five-days-a-week-minister-says\/","title":{"rendered":"Punjab schools to open on April 1 with classes five days a week, minister says"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Punjab Minister for School Education Rana Sikandar Hayat said on Monday that educational activities in the province would resume from April 1 (Wednesday), with classes taking place five days a week.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He made the statement in a post on the social media platform X.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Separately, in an official statement, the minister reiterated that schools in Punjab would reopen on April 1 and that classes would take place five days a week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He also said that the \u201chybrid system\u201d would not work, adding that the classes would be in-person.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cStudents should come to school and study,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On March 9, the provincial government had&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dawn.com\/news\/1980154#:~:text=Moreover%2C%20educational%20institutions%2C%20including%20schools%2C%20colleges%20and%20universities%2C%20would%20remain%20closed%20from%20March%2010%20(Tuesday)%20to%20March%2031%20and%20could%20hold%20online%20classes%20during%20this%20period.%20However%2C%20examinations%20would%20be%20held%20as%20scheduled.\">announced<\/a>&nbsp;that educational institutions, including schools, colleges and universities, would remain closed from March 10 to March 31 amid the global fuel crisis triggered by the US-Israel war on Iran.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Meanwhile, the Punjab government on Monday also stated that a notification circulating on social media regarding classes four days a week was fake.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In a post on X, the Punjab government shared a picture of the fake notification, which stated that schools would observe a \u201cfour-day working week\u201d amid the ongoing crisis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe government of Punjab refutes the contents of this \u2018fake\u2019 notification regarding school schedules circulating on the internet, in the strongest of terms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cPlease be advised against any such notifications emanating from non-government source(s). Parents and guardians are advised to maintain vigilance against any such unverified documents\/ notifications and to contact relevant government department(s) in case of any ambiguity,\u201d the government said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Punjab Minister for School Education Rana Sikandar Hayat said on Monday that educational activities in the province would resume from April 1 (Wednesday), with classes taking place five days a week. He made the statement in a post on the social media platform X. Separately, in an official statement, the minister reiterated that schools in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7171,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[43],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7170","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-policy-governance"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistanaffairs.com.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7170","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistanaffairs.com.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistanaffairs.com.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistanaffairs.com.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistanaffairs.com.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7170"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/pakistanaffairs.com.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7170\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7172,"href":"https:\/\/pakistanaffairs.com.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7170\/revisions\/7172"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistanaffairs.com.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7171"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistanaffairs.com.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7170"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistanaffairs.com.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7170"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistanaffairs.com.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7170"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}