Punjab govt announces winter vacations schedule for universities

• Winter vacations for universities across the province will be observed from Dec 23 to Jan 6.
• All universities under the jurisdiction of Higher Education Department Punjab will follow the orders.
• Punjab govt urges all the concerned authorities to ensure 100% vaccination of all teaching, non-teaching staff and students.

The government of Punjab on Tuesday announced that winter vacations for universities — public and private — across the province would be observed from December 23, 2021, to January 6, 2022.

According to a notification issued by the Higher Education Department, all universities under the jurisdiction of the Higher Education Department Punjab shall follow the orders.

“All the concerned authorities shall ensure 100% vaccination of all teaching and non-teaching staff and students by the opening of institutions in the wake of an increasing number of the Omicron variant of COVID-19,” it further added.

“Non-vaccinated teaching, non-teaching staff, and students shall not be allowed to enter their concerned institutions.”

Earlier, Minister for Education Punjab Murad Raas had announced that the winter vacations for schools — public and private — across the province would be observed from December 23 to January 6, 2022.