'Schoolchildren's future, livelihood of teachers at stake due to lockdown'.

KARACHI -- Private schools' managements on Wednesday again asked the government to allow them to reopen all schools in the interest of children of the country as the children were losing out on their education due to the coronavirus pandemic and the subsequent lockdown and schools' closure.

Syed Tariq Shah of the All Private Schools Management Association said that students were losing out on their education and the government should be worried about their future.

'When all markets and businesses have been reopened then why not also reopen schools too?' Mr Shah asked.

'I'm sure that educational institutions can follow standard operating procedures far better than markets and businesses,' he added.

'Even to carry out the government's directives of promoting students to the next level would require reopening of schools,' he reminded, adding that the date for reopening of schools on July 15 was not good enough.

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Sharaf uz Zaman of the Private Schools Management Association said it was being said that there was no guarantee that the world would be able to control Covid-19 in the next one month, three months, three years or ever.

'It is also being said that people will have to adapt to a new lifestyle as they learn to live with the virus. So kindly tell us how are children going to get educated in this new virus-ridden world. Is there...