When COVID-19 first emerged in Pakistan, state institutions began deliberating upon and enacting a series of emergency response measures, starting with school closures across the country in March 2020. For this report, our team at Zindagi Trust along with our friends at the Pak Alliance for Math and Science (PAMS) spoke to public school teachers to explore their views on the state's immediate response and their recommendations on measures to be implemented once schools reopen.

The purpose behind compiling this report is to inform the debate around the desired state response to COVID-19 by adding opinions from teachers, who remain largely absent from the public discourse. The report is not intended to represent a academic study and does not claim to be backed by a robust quantitative and qualitative survey representative of teachers.