A committee formed on the directives of the Rawalpindi Bench of the Lahore High Court has recommended a standardized academic calendar requiring schools and colleges across Punjab to complete 190 teaching days each year.
The committee proposed reducing summer vacations from the current two-and-a-half months to six weeks. It held three meetings over the past four months and finalized its recommendations during the third session.
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Under the proposed plan, educational institutions would observe 175 holidays annually, while academic and instructional days would remain fixed at 190. Private school associations across Punjab have endorsed the proposal.
Following the recommendations, Punjab School Education Department Special Secretary Muhammad Iqbal directed PECTA and the Director Public Instruction for Secondary and Elementary education to prepare a uniform academic calendar within three days.
The committee noted that the increasing number of holidays each year has negatively impacted academic performance, particularly in senior classes where syllabi often remain incomplete.
Justice Jawad Hassan constituted the committee while hearing a writ petition at the Lahore High Court Rawalpindi Bench, which challenged the rise in holidays in Punjab’s educational institutions. The committee’s third meeting took place in Lahore under the chairmanship of the secretary of schools education and was presided over by Special Secretary Muhammad Iqbal.
