DHAKA, Jun 30 (NNN-BSS) – The Bangladeshi government extended the ongoing closure of educational institutions for another month, in light of the current COVID-19 situation in the country, which goes into nationwide lockdown from tomorrow.
The country’s Ministry of Education announced the decision yesterday, saying, “All secondary and higher secondary level educational institutions, including Islamic schools, would remain closed till July 31.”
Previously the closure was extended in phases till Jun 30 (today).
Online academic activities of all schools and colleges will continue as usual, it added.
The latest closure extension came a day after the Bangladeshi government declared a “total lockdown” from July 1 to 7, except for entities providing essential services, to control the spread of the disease more effectively.
Bangladesh on Mar 16 last year, first announced to close all educational institutions in the country in an effort to halt the spread of COVID-19.
Since Mar last year, the virus spread to nearly every Bangladeshi district, and the total number of cases rose to 904,436, with 14,388 deaths including 112 recorded yesterday.
The Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS), said last night that, a total of 7,666 new cases were recorded in the previous 24 hours.– NNN-BSS
