Lahore Education Authority (LEA) notified that schools will not be allowed to hold summer camps in the scorching heat. Some private schools arrange summer camps during summer vacations. Some of the schools hold it for Matric level students for preparation purpose but most of them use it for other purposes. However, now the summer camps are banned due to the scorching heat this season.
Summer camps are annual practice in schools where students practice mostly co-curricular activities including sports for mental health. Holding of summer camps in schools during summer vacations has been banned. The issue of setting up summer camps by private schools during summer vacations across Lahore has been banned by the Education Authority Lahore.
Education CEO Pervez Akhtar Khan has said that no school will be allowed to set up summer camps in the scorching heat. Legal action will be taken against the schools concerned for setting up summer camps. Letters will be issued; schools will be fined heavily for serious misconduct.