Staff Correspondent:

The Ministry of Education has decided to shorten the summer vacation in educational institutions.

The educational institutes will open on June 26 instead of July 2 to recover the learning losses, said the ministry’s Public Relations Officer MA Khair.

According to the academic calendar, this year’s Eid-ul-Azha and summer vacation started on June 13 and was scheduled to continue until July 2.

In addition, the ministry also decided to continue with two-day holiday — Friday and Saturday — for educational institutes.

Earlier in May, the education ministry announced that academic activities at all secondary-level educational institutions will resume on Saturday.