Sindh restores Saturday holiday for schools

The Sindh government has revised the weekly schedule for schools, restoring Saturday and Sunday as official

The Sindh government has revised the weekly schedule for schools, restoring Saturday and Sunday as official weekly holidays for all public and private educational institutions across the province.

According to the School Education and Literacy Department, the updated schedule has been approved by the chief secretary and will be implemented in all government and privately managed schools.

Under the new arrangement, schools will operate five days a week, from Monday to Friday. To compensate for the reduced number of working days and ensure timely completion of the academic syllabus, daily teaching hours will be extended by one additional hour.

Officials said the revised timetable aims to maintain the pace of academic activities while providing students and teachers with a two-day weekend.

The latest decision replaces an earlier directive issued last month, under which all public and private schools in Sindh had been instructed to observe a six-day working week from August 1, with classes scheduled from Monday to Saturday.

The change comes shortly after educational institutions resumed classes following the two-month summer vacation, which lasted from June 1 to July 31.

Education authorities said the revised schedule will apply uniformly across the province and schools have been directed to implement the updated working days and teaching hours accordingly.