Educational institutions to reopen in first week of September.

ISLAMABAD -- Education institutes across the country will reopen in the first week of September; sources informed media on Wednesday.

According to sources, the decision was made in a meeting presided by the Federal Education Minister Shafqat Mehmood along with the provincial education ministers.

Sources said the meeting decided to reopen schools with all the COVID-19 standard operating procedures (SOPs) in place. 'Schools will be reopened after taking a look at the coronavirus situation in the country. The final decision to reopen schools will be taken by the National Command and Control Centre,' sources added.

Last month, Mahmood had said the government was considering opening schools with...