Karachi: The All Pakistan Private Schools Federation (APPSF) has rejected the federal government’s decision of closing the educational institutions untill July 15.
APPSF President Kashif Mirza, in a statement on Thursday, said that economic murder of private schools was being committed. He said that the salaries of teaching and non-teaching staff are fixed and 90 per cent of the schools are running in rented buildings.
Mirza urged the government to announce reopening of schools from June 1 after issuing the standard operating procedures or else we would open our schools.
Earlier in the day, a meeting of the National Coordination Committee (NCC) chaired by the prime minister was held.
The NCC meeting had decided not to open schools before July 15. The decision will be reviewed on June 1.
It was also decided that the bus and train services and domestic flight operations would remain close.
The prime minister said that thousands of people were dying daily due to the pandemic in the world. Thanks to Allah, our situation is different than the US and Europe.
We do not have pressure like the Europe, he added.
