The classes in the government primary schools, Shishu Kalyan Trust schools, and Bureau of Non-Formal Education learning centres will be resumed from May 5 with shortened period and no outdoor activities.

All pre-primary level classes, however, will remain closed until further notice, said the ministry officials on Thursday.

The education ministry, meanwhile,   said that classes will be held on Saturdays but not on the Saturdays.

Earlier the High Court on April 29 ordered the closure of all primary and secondary level schools, colleges, and madrassahs across Bangladesh until May 2.

The primary and mass education ministry soon declared the government primary schools, Shishu Kalyan Trust schools, and Bureau of Non-Formal Education learning centres closed until May 2.

Farid Ahmed, the primary and mass education ministry secretary,   told New Age on Thursday morning that from May 5 classes in the government primary schools would be resumed.

‘As per our earlier notice, the schools will continue classes until further notice,’ he said.

The ministry’s earlier notice read that the schools with one shift would conduct classes between 8:00am and 11:30am.

The schools with two shifts will have classes between 8:00am and 9:30am for the first shift and between 9:45am and 11:30am for the second shift.

Assembly at all schools will remain closed until temperature becomes bearable, according to the notice.

Farid Ahmed also said that they were yet to get the copy of the High Court order.

‘The order was for till May 2 so the classes will be resumed on May 5,’ he added.

Meanwhile on Wednesday the education ministry in its verified Facebook page in a post said that for temporary basis classes on the Saturdays would be taken to cover the learning gap.

No decision was taken to take classes on the Fridays.

Education minister Mohibul Hassan Chowdhury on April 30 said that they did not get a copy of the court order yet, and thus, if any educational institution wanted to take classes on May 2 the ministry would not oppose it.

Educational institutions across the country resumed in-person classes on April 28 after a weeklong closure starting on April 21 amid the heatwave.

The education ministry later ordered the closure of secondary-level educational institutions in five districts on April 29 and a total of the 27 districts on April 30.

Many students fall sick in the heatwave during classes and the presence of students in different districts was low this week.