Government has decided to open the schools on 1 March in a phased manner.

Director School Education Muhammad Younis Malik said that schools from 9-12 class shall open from 1 March and the elementary schools will open from March 8.

"It is a UT level decision to open schools from March 1. We are continuously monitoring the situation. All the walks of life are gradually returning back to work, and the administration has decided to open the schools as well. An order has been issued yesterday that schools from 9-12 standard shall open from 1 March and the elementary schools will be opened from March 8." 

However he said that teachers of elementary classes shall attend the schools from March 1, and students shall physically attend classes from March 08, 2021. 

"We have set guidelines to have safe schooling. We have already started cleanliness and sanitation drive and the situation will be continuously monitored, so that parents shall feel that their wards are in safe hands,"he said.

There will be no compromise on SOPs, wearing mask, social distancing and frequent hand sanitizing is necessary to have safe schooling, he said.

"We have around 13 thousand schools including private ones with admission of 13 lac students, and we have given them guidelines that wearing mask, social distancing and hand sanitizing is very important," he said.