Back to school: Islamabad students of grades 1-8 will resume in-person classes from Monday

• NCOC allows reopening of schools after witnessing decline in coronavirus cases of the federal capital. 
• Schools are already holding classes for grades 9-10.
• Islamabad's Federal Directorate of Education (FDE) says exam schedule for grades 1-8 would be announced soon.

ISLAMABAD: Students of grades 1-8 will return to schools in Islamabad from Monday (tomorrow) onwards after the government greenlighted the resumption of in-person classes, reported The News.

The decision came after the National Command and Operations Centre (NCOC) gave the approval for in-person classes, after seeing a decline in the coronavirus cases of the federal capital. 

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The schools are already conducting classes for grades 9-10.

In a notification, the Federal Directorate of Education (FDE), which oversees public sector schools and colleges in Islamabad, said the exam schedule for grades 1-8 would be announced soon.

Schools in districts with low coronavirus positivity can reopen on Monday: NCOC

The National Command and Operation Centre on Saturday said all educational institutes in districts with a low coronavirus positivity ratios could reopen from Monday, June 7.

The NCOC, in the statement, did not specify what it considers a low positivity ratio, but last month it had said educational institutes in districts where the ratio was less than 5% could reopen.

The forum also announced that a special Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) plane had landed in the country with a million coronavirus vaccine doses.

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The body, which leads Pakistan's fight against COVID-19, said that the government is expanding its mass vaccination drive with a timely supply of vaccines.

"In June, Pakistan will receive a total of 11 million doses of Sinopharm, CanSino, and Sinovac vaccines."