The Punjab government has changed the schedule of winter vacations for public and private educational institutes for the second time this month.
According to the official notification by the School and Education Department (SED), winter vacations in the schools of 36 districts will be observed in two phases.
In the first phase, the winter holidays will be observed in the schools of 24 districts from 23 December 2021 to 6 January 2022. The schools will reopen on 7 January 2022. These districts include:
- Kasur
- Sialkot
- Narowal
- Faisalabad
- Sahiwal
- Gujrat
- Gujranwala
- Pakpattan
- Sheikhupura
- Okara
- Vehari
- Khanewal
- Lahore
- Khushab
- Hafizabad
- Multan
- Lodhran
- Bahawalpur
- Bahawalnagar
- Sargodha
- Mandi Bahauddin
- Sialkot
- Nankana Sahib
- Jhang
Schools in 12 districts will observe winter vacations from 3 to 13 January 2022. They will reopen on 14 January 2022. The decision to delay holidays in 12 districts has been taken to increase the COVID-19 vaccination rates among students. These districts include:
- Jhelum
- Mianwali
- Attock
- Muzaffargarh
- Chakwal
- Bhakkar
- Rawalpindi
- Rajanpur
- Layyah
- Raheem Yar Khan
- Dera Ghazi Khan
- Chiniot
On Friday, Punjab’s Education Minister Dr. Murad Raas had said that winter vacations in public and private schools in all districts of the province would be observed from 23 January 2021 to 6 January 2022.
Earlier this month, Higher Education Department (HED) Punjab had initially notified the closure of educational institutes from 21 December 2021 to 2 January 2022.
Sialkot repeated two time on first district List.
Correction date range
23 January 2021 to 6 January 2022.