The recent notification of the Ministry of Federal Education and Professional Training is about recommencement of a regular schooling 5 days a week for urban centers of Karachi ,Hyderabad, Lahore and Peshawar. Earlier educational institutions in these cities were restricted to a 3-day school week by NCOC in view of a high prevalence of COVID-19.NCOC has removed the following restrictions on fresh assessment of pandemic situation in these cities.