As thousands of students are forced to stay at home due to novel coronavirus, Sindh government announced on Friday to conduced online classes in government schools across the province.

According to the notification, the online classes will be held for grades 6-12

The online classes will be launched with the help of The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) and Microsoft, with 75 masters trainers to train teachers regarding on holding online classes.

IT experts have been hired to conduct the online classes, the notification read.

The secretary education issued directives for all district directors to provide data of teachers and students by June 17.