Religious schools to resume classes, hold exams next month

Islamic religious schools announced that they would resume regular classes and hold annual exams from August 5, a media report said.

Wifaq ul Madaris Al-Arabia Pakistan, one of the largest boards of Islamic seminaries, will conduct the exams across the country.

Ittehad-e-Tanzeemat-e-Madaris Pakistan (ITMP) is planning to resume learning activities at madrasas from August 5, The News reported.

The ITMP will announce its decision after meeting with Federal Minister for Education & Professional Training Shafqat Mahmood on July 7.

The ITMP is a conglomerate of five constituent boards, namely the Wafaq-ul-Madaris Al-Arabia Pakistan, the Tanzeem-ul-Madaris Ahl-e-Sunnat, the Rabita-ul-Madaris Al-Islamia, the Wafaq-ul-Madaris Al-Salfia and the Wafaq-ul-Madaris Al-Shia.

“The ITMP’s representatives will discuss the issue of the reopening of religious seminaries with the federal education minister in the next meeting. We are expecting that the government will surely allow the administrators of madrasas to resume on-campus educational activities from August 5,” Wifaq-ul-Madaris spokesman Talha Rahmani told the daily.

He said that almost all seminaries were strictly following the SOPs announced by the World Health Organisation and the federal and provincial governments.