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Sindh schools, colleges to remain closed till Saturday due to rain emergency
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Sindh announces closure of schools, seeks Army's help in view of heavy rain forecast
- More than 1.9 million people have been affected in Sindh due to heavy rainfall.
- PDMA says 263 deaths have been reported in Sindh, including 120 children and 35 women.
- Met Office says well-marked low pressure located over east Rajasthan likely to approach Sindh tonight.
Above-normal rain in Sindh, which has flooded hundreds of villages and low-lying areas in cities and towns across the province, has disrupted routine life and led to the deaths of hundreds.
In view of the misery caused by the rains and the latest Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) advisory, the Government of Sindh on Tuesday announced the closure of schools and colleges across the province for two days.
The move followed the Board of Intermediate Education (BIEK), Karachi, announcing the postponement of exams scheduled for August 24 and 25.
Rain affects 1.9 million people in Sindh
A report released by the PDMA has noted that more than 1.9 million people in Sindh have been adversely affected due to heavy rainfall.
It said that 263 deaths were reported in Sindh, including 120 children and 35 women and 30,150 cattle died in rain-related accidents.
Meanwhile, a total of 701 injuries were reported across Sindh, including 144 children. The PDMA also said that approximately 104,000 houses were completely destroyed while the infrastructure of 225,677 houses was damaged.
Army comes to rescue
Amid country-wide flooding, Pakistan Army troops are busy in rescue and relief operations in flood-hit areas of Sindh, Balochistan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Punjab. According to Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), rescue and relief efforts are underway in Hyderabad, Sanghar, Badin, Thatta, Jamshoro, Noshero Feroz and various other districts of Sindh. Special army helicopters were flown from Karachi to affected areas of interior Sindh to speed up rescue and relief efforts. Food supplies are being distributed in affected areas and medical aid is also being provided to the affected people. In Punjab, Pakistan Army helicopters have assisted civil administration in the distribution of relief goods for flood-hit people in far-flung and inaccessible areas of DG Khan district. FC KP troops are also assisting civil administration in flood relief operations in Chitral and other flood-hit areas.
PMD forecasts more rains
The PMD released an advisory earlier in the day forecasting more rains in the country during the week. The Met Office said that a well-marked low pressure located over east Rajasthan, India, is likely to move in the northwest direction and approach Sindh tonight. “Due to this strong weather system monsoon currents are penetrating in southern and upper parts of the country,” the PMD warned. Under the influence of this weather system:
- More rain-wind/thundershowers (with scattered heavy to very heavy falls) are expected in Sindh, south Punjab, south and northeastern Balochistan from August 23-26 with occasional gaps
- Rain-wind/thundershowers (with isolated heavy falls) are expected in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Punjab, Kashmir and Gilgit-Baltistan from August 23 (night) to 26 with occasional gaps
Moreover, heavy rains may generate urban flooding in Karachi, Hyderabad, Tando Jam, Thatta, Badin, Mirpurkhas, Sanghar, Khairpur, Shaheed Benazirabad, Dadu, Naushahro Feroz, Larkana, Jaccobabad and Sukkur on August 24 and 25
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Consider plea to reopen Kallakurichi schools, HC directs Collector
A-G assures the court that the plea will be considered taking into account the need for students to resume physical classes and the police investigation
A-G assures the court that the plea will be considered taking into account the need for students to resume physical classes and the police investigation
He also pointed out that physical classes for Classes IX to XII were now being taken in a teacher training institute. If that institute was in need of the space for its use, the school students would be stranded without any place to go. Therefore, it was absolutely essential to permit the society to take possession of its campus and undertake all repairs before reopening the two schools for the benefit of around 3,500 students and 225 staff, he argued.
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Texas schools hanging 'In God We Trust' signs after new state law requiring donated signs be posted
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"In God We Trust" signs are popping up in Texas classrooms following a new state law that requires schools to display the posters if they are donated.
Senate Bill 797 passed through the Texas legislature last year requiring schools to display the posters in a "conspicuous place" as long as they were "donated" or "purchased by private donations" which has resulted in the signs being displayed across the state recently, FOX 7 Austin.
Patriot Mobile, a Texas-based cell phone company, donated several signs to the Carroll Independent School District that are currently on display.
"Patriot Mobile has donated framed posters to many other school districts in the Dallas-Fort Worth area and we will continue to do so until all the schools in the area receive them," the company posted on Facebook. "We are honored to be part of bringing God back into our public schools!"
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The Houston Chronicle reported that similar signs were spotted around the Texas cities of Houston and Austin.
"The national motto, In God We Trust, asserts our collective trust in a sovereign God," Texas Republican State Sen. Bryan Hughes, who sponsored the legislation, said on Twitter. "I co-authored the bill in 2003 that allowed schools to display the motto, and last year I authored the ‘In God We Trust Act,’ which requires a school to display the motto if there is no cost associated with the display."
Bryce Nieman, spokesperson for the Keller Independent School District, told that donated signs are being displayed mainly in front offices.
A Keller resident and parent of a child in the school district expressed support for the measure.
"If it’s important to communities, the community will come behind it," Erik Leist told FOX 7. "If it’s not something that the community values, it’s not gonna end up in the school."
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott speaks at a news conference in Austin, Texas on June 8, 2021. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)
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Not everyone is pleased with the new law including the founder of the Southlake Anti-Racism Coalition who told KXAS-TV that the law raises concerns about the separation of church and state.
"I feel like they don’t have a choice right now to put them up," Anya Kushwaha said. " But hopefully this will spark larger conversations about having more freedom of expression, so if they are allowed to put up signs like this there should be no reasons that other students or people can’t put up signs that have different messaging."
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All schools in Sindh to remain closed on Thursday amid heavy rain forecast
- Announcement was made by Sindh Education Minister Sardar Ali Shah.
- Mehran University, Shaheed Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto Campus Khairpur will also remain closed.
- Decision taken in line with the forecast of Pakistan Meteorological Department.
KARACHI: All government and private schools across Sindh will remain closed on Thursday (August 18) amid warnings of heavy rainfall.
The announcement was made by the Sindh Education Minister Sardar Ali Shah late Wednesday evening.
The minister said that Sindh Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah has instructed the department to announce a holiday for schools.
Earlier, several private educational institutions had already announced that they would remain closed on August 18 amid the deteriorating situation of the city's roads due to the rains.
Moreover, Mehran University and Shaheed Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto Campus Khairpur will also remain closed tomorrow.
The Board of Intermediate Education (BIEK), Karachi, also postponed the exams scheduled for Thursday (August 18) in light of the rains in the metropolis.
It should be noted that several areas of Karachi reported heavy rain today afternoon as citizens brace themselves for more rain forecast in the port city till August 19.
The Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) has told authorities to remain on high alert in its latest forecast on the torrential monsoon rains and urban flooding in Sindh and Balochistan.
The downpour continued in various areas of the city, including Malir, North Nazimabad, II Chundrigar Road, Saddar, Liaquatabad, M.A. Jinnah Road, Numaish Chowrangi, Gulshan-e-Hadeed, Shahra-e-Faisal, Gulistan-e-Jauhar, and adjacent regions.
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Sindh schools to remain closed on Thursday
KARACHI: Chief Minister (CM) Sindh Murad Ali Shah on Wednesday announced closure of all educational institutions in Sindh amid heavy rainfall in most parts of the province.
The CM has issued directives to the department of education following the decision.
BIEK postpones exams
Earlier, the Board of Intermediate Education Karachi (BIEK) also postponed its annual examinations scheduled on August 18.
As per notification issued by the BIEK, papers of Arts (regular and private) and practicals (Science group) for the HSC annual examination-2022 have been rescheduled.
Predictions of heavy rainfallEarlier today, the Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) told authorities to remain on high alert in its latest forecast on the torrential monsoon rains and urban flooding in Sindh and Balochistan.
In the latest weather advisory, PMD stated that a monsoon low-pressure area persists over eastern Sindh and adjoining west Rajasthan (India).
The Met department said that widespread rain-thunderstorms with scattered heavy/very heavy falls — extremely heavy at times — and accompanied by occasional strong winds are likely to occur in Shaheed Benazirabad, Naushero Feroze, Khairpur, Sukkur, and Larkana till 19 August.
Rains in Karachi and across the country have killed over 600 people since the beginning of this year's monsoon season, with Balochistan being affected the most as more than 180 citizens have lost their lives in rain and flood-related incidents.
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KP Govt decides to extend summer vacations of schools till 31st August
The summer vacations of schools across Khyber Pakhtunkhwa have been extended till August 31.
According to the announcement issued by the Ministry of Education, the decision was taken in view of the increase in heat waves in the province in recent days.
The extension of holidays will be applied only to schools in hot areas.
The schools will reopen from September 1 instead of August 15. The extension of holidays will be applied to students up to matriculation.
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There are 18 university selection bases in Lorestan
Amin Rasouli said in an interview with IRNA on Thursday: These databases in the happy system provide the necessary explanations in the first part as the first choice of fields, and students can use their services by phone or in person.
He added: These counseling centers have been set up with the aim of helping candidates to make a correct and informed choice of university majors, providing major selection services, reducing the anxiety of students and parents, using the power of experienced advisors and improving the rank of the province in the final acceptance of the national entrance exam.
He stated: The choice of field has a great impact on the formation of the candidates' career and social future, that's why the candidate should choose his field of study with sufficient insight and knowledge.
Rasouli stated: The expert consultants of the field selection bases in the province with complete knowledge and mastery of the principles, methods and rules of the field selection, by using special software approved by the assessment organization and by controlling the moment-to-moment changes of the assessment site, the candidates are allowed to They will guide the choice of field.
He continued: In these days, students and parents should beware of the opportunism of some profit-seeking individuals and institutions, because these centers will influence the educational fate of students by advertising and setting up major selection sites while receiving huge sums of money. .
Rasouli stated: Candidates should refer to any of the 18 field selection centers in the cities and regions related to education in the province, and use the academic counseling of experts, because these centers only aim to help students choose the right field. has been launched
According to him, 44 thousand 387 candidates from Lorestan participated in the five educational groups of the 1401 national exam and the selection of university majors continues until August 22.
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Russian Schools to Close in Ukraine Border Regions – Governor
Russian schools near the border with Ukraine will not reopen for the new academic year amid the threat of cross-border attacks, the head of Russia’s Belgorod region said Wednesday.
At least four Russian border regions including Belgorod had canceled school and grounded flights in the days after Russia invaded Ukraine on Feb. 24. A number of attacks, some of which damaged infrastructure and claimed civilian lives, have been reported there in the five months of hostilities — but Ukraine has neither confirmed nor denied being behind them.
“For the time being, we will limit the work of schools and kindergartens located in the five-kilometer border zone. They will be closed,” Belgorod region Governor Vyacheslav Gladkov announced.
Local authorities will designate which schools the children will attend when the academic year starts on Sept. 1, he added in a Telegram post.
Gladkov identified five Belgorod region towns and villages located nearest to Ukraine’s second-largest city of Kharkiv where schools will not reopen.
Kharkiv resisted Russia’s attempt to capture the city in the first two months of the war but has faced near-daily Russian shelling over the past month.
Four other Belgorod region settlements further from Kharkiv will resume studies on Sept. 1, Governor Gladkov said.
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Türkiye condemns Greece's decision to close more Turkish minority schools
Recent decisions violate the Turkish minority's right to establish, manage and inspect their own schools, says the Turkish Foreign Ministry.
Türkiye has condemned Greece's decision of closing four more primary schools belonging to the Turkish Muslim minority in Western Thrace for the ongoing school year.
“With this latest decision, more than half of the Minority primary schools have been closed. Thus, Greece's policy of closing primary schools belonging to the Turkish Muslim Minority in Western Thrace through 'temporary suspension' has proven to be systematic,” Tanju Bilgic, the country's Foreign Ministry spokesperson, said in a statement on Friday.
Bilgic reiterated the Turkish minority's right to establish, manage and inspect their own schools in accordance with the Treaty of Lausanne signed in 1923 – which eventually paved the way for an independent Turkish republic.
He said the recent moves show the “discriminatory and oppressive policies” implemented against the Turkish minority in the field of education.
“While Greece closes primary schools with the pretext of insufficient number of students, it ignores, on the other hand, the demands for opening new Minority secondary/high schools despite the obvious need, and violates the education rights of Minority children,” Bilgic noted.
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He urged Greece to put an end to its discriminatory policies toward Turkish minority schools year after year.
“Republic of Türkiye will continue to support the Minority's struggle for its rights and justice, both in bilateral contacts and international platforms,” he added.
Greece's Western Thrace region is home to some 150,000 Muslim Turks, whose rights to elect their own religious leaders, found Turkish associations, and have their own schools have been denied by Athens, in violation of European court orders.
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