By Due to increasing temperatures, the Punjab government has announced new timings for public and private colleges from May 21 to May 31.
The Higher Education Department (HED) of the province announced in a notification on Monday that the decision was made due to the “severe hot weather” conditions.
As per the notification, colleges under the HED will follow these timings:
- Monday to Thursday and Saturday: 07:30 am to 11:30 am
- Friday: 07:30 am to 11:00 am
- Monday to Saturday (evening second shift): 4:00 pm to 8:00 pm
Earlier, Punjab Education Minister Rana Sikandar announced the decision to start summer vacations early for schools due to the intense heat, as shared in a post on X.
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As per the notification, all public and private schools will be closed from May 25 to 31, starting summer vacations from May 25 to August 14. Initially, the Punjab Education Department had scheduled summer vacations from June 1st to August 14th.
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