The decision has been taken in the Inter-Provincial Education Ministers Conference (IPEMC), chaired by Federal Minister for Education Shafqat Mahmood and attended by education ministers from all four provinces. As per taken decisions, grade 9-12 will resume classes on January 18, while primary to grade 8 will hold classes from January 25. Universities and higher educational institutions to reopen across the country from February 1

All board examinations will take place in May and June.

Punjab Education Minister Murad Raas tweeted that classes from grades 9-12 will resume from January 18 while those from ECE to 8th grade will resume from January 25.