Increasing number of COVID-19 cases in universities have raised concerns for administrations who have convened a joint session to deliberate the matter,
The Sindh government will take final decisions for reopening schools and universities across the province after a significant decline in COVID-19 cases.
The federal government has decided not to make any delay in reopening universities and sought a policy from Higher Education Commission (HEC) for resuming the academic sessions.
The provincial government issued directives to the universities for beginning online classes to resume academic activities which came to a halt due to lockdown.
Taking notice of a news report published in the section of media, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Governor Shah Farman on Friday directed the Higher Education Department (HED) to submit an audit report of all the universities in the province.
The chairman of the committee recommended the federal government to immediately release funds worth Rs21 billion for the Higher Education Commission (HEC).