Lahore:

Extremely hot weather has disturbed academic activities, especially for children in small private schools due to poor facilities in the classrooms.

The situation is alarming in the schools operating in small buildings in cities, including Lahore, which even lack sufficient facilities for fans and water. Students in remote districts also suffer from the closure and in the middle of the day with schools as the temperature rises.

The Punjab government is probably considering closing the educational institutions in the province due to the harsh weather, and a meeting is expected for this week this week.

The rising temperature over the past week made it difficult for young children to study in the overloaded classrooms.

The worst situation is to be confronted in small schools constructed in violation of rules that lack the necessary facilities to continue academic activities.

Most of these schools are created in about five-Marla buildings that lack proper lighting, fans, water and ventilation. Parents were forced to admit their children such schools because affordable prices.

At a time when the summer season is at its peak and a heat wave alarm has been issued, the students suffer from lack of adequate events from school administrations to cope with the problems.

The relevant authorities had released the heat wave alarm, which warned that the temperature would rise throughout the province in the coming days and advise the district administrations to remain aware and arrange to tackle the situation.

Punjab Schools Education Department had been informed that there was a risk of a heat wave from May 15 to 19 and advised it to make caution schemes and warned that the temperature could rise by four to seven degrees Celsius.

There was also a piece of advice to create heatwave counter in hospitals, while cases of heartbeat are already reported.

However, the school education department seems to have failed to persuade the institutions to meet the events and are only left with the possibility of closing schools.

When a similar situation arose last year, the Ministry of Education closed schools in the last week of May and started online classes.

According to the academic calendar, the summer holidays in schools are scheduled from June 1 to August 9.