The winter vacation schedule for public and private educational institutions located in plain and hilly areas for the academic year 2023–24 was released by the caretaker government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) on Tuesday.
All schools in plain areas would observe winter break from December 23 to December 31, per a notification from the Elementary and Secondary Education Department. Jan. 1, 2024, would mark the return of the schools.
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Schools in areas with hills or snow would be closed from December 23 to February 29, 2024. The zone’s educational institutions would reopen on March 1 following the winter break.
In a separate notification, the KP’s Higher Education, Archives and Libraries Department announced that the universities would remain closed from December 23 to 31 in plain areas on account of the winter break.
It further said that the varieties in hilly areas would observe winter vacations from December 23 to February 29.