US EditionSchool's Out: Climate Change Keeps Pakistan Students Home
- In May 2025, Pakistan faced a nationwide heatwave with temperatures reaching 45C in Punjab, causing school closures and reduced attendance across provinces.
- This extreme heatwave worsened Pakistan's existing education crisis, which is linked to poverty and limited adaptation resources.
- Students suffer cognitive challenges and attendance drops by 25 percent as parents hesitate to send children to unbearably hot and polluted schools.
- Education activist Baela Raza Jamil warned that extended exposure to heat and smog will soon cause major cognitive problems in students.
- These disruptions highlight the urgent need for a radical rethink in learning schedules and climate adaptation investments in Pakistan's vulnerable education sector.
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Malay Mail
Extreme weather wipes out school days in Pakistan, deepening education crisis for millions
LAHORE, June 6 — Pakistan’s children are losing weeks of education each year to school closures caused by climate change-linked extreme weather, prompting calls for a radical rethink of learning schedules. Searing heat, toxic smog and unusual cold snaps have all caused closures that are meant to spare children the health risks of learning in classrooms that are often overcrowded and lack basic cooling, heating or ventilation systems. In May, a n…
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School's out: climate change keeps Pakistan students home
Pakistan's children are losing weeks of education each year to school closures caused by climate change-linked extreme weather, prompting calls for a radical rethink of learning schedules.
‘Pakistan on top among countries affected by climate change’
Parliamentary Secretary for Environmental Protection, Climate Change, Forestry, Wildlife and Fisheries Kanwal Pervaiz in a group photo during a seminar on the theme of ‘Ending Plastic Pollution’ at Al-Razi Hall on World Environment Day on June 4, 2025. —...
Arshad Mahmood Awan A growing and complex challenge facing Pakistan’s education system is emerging in the form of climate change. Severe heat waves, smog and unseasonal cold are no longer just temporary problems but are becoming the norm every year. Due to these weather extremes, educational institutions across the country remain closed for several weeks, which is not only affecting the academic calendar but also severely degrading the academic …
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