ISLAMABAD: Taking to his official Twitter account, Federal Education Minister Shafqat Mahmood announced on Thursday that exams can now be conducted in Pakistan.
“National Command Operation Center (NCOC) has allowed holding of professional exams/tests etc,” he wrote, asking educational institutions to approach the federal education secretary with details of exam centres, number of students, and SOPs to be followed for permission to conduct exams.
If all arrangements are satisfactory permission will be given promptly, the education minister Shafqat Mahmood said. “If all arrangements are satisfactory permission will be given promptly,” the minister said.
The decision was earlier taken in the meeting of the Interprovincial Education Ministers Conference (IPEMC) that took place on May 16. It was decided that Board exams would begin after June 15. Intermediate and Matric exams would be given priority so that results can come in before university admissions.
Earlier, the education minister drew widespread criticism on social media for starting O and A level examinations, a decision that was backtracked. A large number of parents and students took to Twitter to highlight the possible dangers of conducting examinations amid the corona wave and without SOPs implemented to hold such examinations at the mass level. = DNA
