Schools set for five-day reopening in Punjab starting Monday, minister confirms.
Education Minister Rana Sikandar Hayat confirmed on March 30 that all schools across the province will resume full-time operations from April 1 following a period of closure due to pandemic-related concerns and admission delays caused by school closures paralyzing admissions processes during this time frame in Punjab region Pakistan area.
Key Points
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1The Government of Punjab has officially announced the resumption of all educational institutions from April 1. Classes will be conducted physically with no option to continue online.
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2Schools across the province are set to operate on a five-day-a-week schedule starting Wednesday, March 30th (April 2nd in some contexts mentioned) or specifically noted as beginning Monday for full-time sessions according to specific reports citing April dates. *Correction based strictly on text: The texts state reopening from '1st' but one mentions four days and another says five.*
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3The decision follows a closure caused by fuel crisis, economic pressures, private school delays in districts like Amritsar due to shortages.
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4Minister Rana Sikandar Hayat confirmed the announcement via social media platform X on March 30.
Developments
Punjab Minister Rana Sikandar Hayat announced that school activities will resume on April 1 with a five-day weekly schedule, refuting false social media claims about four days per week and confirming previous closures due to fuel crisis concerns from March through the end of last month.
Punjab Education Minister Rana Sikandar Hayat confirmed on March 30, 2026, that educational institutions across the province will reopen in-person starting April 1 for five days a week. He explicitly stated this is not hybrid education and declared circulating social media notifications claiming schools would remain open only four weeks as fake news.
Punjab Minister Rana Sikandar Hayat announced that school activities will resume with regular five-day classes starting April 1 after rejecting a circulating fake notification claiming schools would follow an unverified four-week schedule following their March closure due to energy shortages. The government urged parents and guardians to remain vigilant against such misinformation from non-government sources while managing the ongoing crisis through fuel restrictions for officials as well.
Punjab is set to reopen all public and private primary school classes full-time on April 1. However, some districts like Amritsar are considering extending holidays or delaying reopening due to fuel shortages that affect the transport of students from rural areas. Additionally, a fake holiday notice has been debunked by officials in Sindh's education department as false information intended for political gain and profit-making schemes involving school closures during Ramadan