Education ministers meet up at NCOC.

A high-level meeting is on-going at the National Command and Operations Centre (NCOC) to review the decision to reopen educational institutions amid a second wave of coronavirus pandemic.

The Federal Ministry of Education and Professional Training said in a tweet that Federal Minister for Education Shafqat Mehmood will hold a press briefing after the moot today.

Moreover, the meeting is being attended by federal and provincial education ministers as well as health ministers. "While I desperately want education to continue, the final decision will be on health grounds. Students' well being will always be a priority," he wrote on Thursday.

Earlier this month, the federal government announced a phase-wise plan to reopen educational institutes from January 18 which were closed on November 26 to contain the spread of coronavirus. Meanwhile, the Punjab government has assured the parents that it will ensure strict compliance of COVID-19 SOPs in schools.

On January 4, Mehmood had said that the government will make no compromise on children's health and another meeting will be held to review the latest coronavirus situation in the country.

Shafqat Mehmood's remarks come as Pakistan battles a second...