Islamabad :
In a press conference with Dr. Faisal Sultan, Special Assistant to the Prime Minister, he said that we are moving towards a situation where we have to lock down the areas with high infection, therefore the NCOC chaired by Asad Umar The meeting unanimously decided that there would be no exams till June 15
Federal Education Minister Shafqat Mahmood said that in the last meeting of the NCOC held on April 18, it was decided that the series of examinations would be continued but since then the disease has been on the rise till April 27. Has increased.
“We are probably moving towards a situation where we have to lock down the areas with the most infections, so the NCOC meeting chaired by Asad Omar unanimously decided that by June 15,” he said. There will be no exams.
Shafqat Mahmood said that from today till June 15 there will be no examination and the examinations of class IX to XII which were supposed to start at the end of May have been further postponed and there will be no examination till June 15.
“We will continue to review the situation and in the middle or third week of May, after reviewing the disease, it will be decided whether to take these tests further or start them,” he said.
He said that if the examinations are held after June 15, they could be extended from July to August.
He said that O level exams have also been canceled which will now be in October-November cycle and similarly AS exams will now be in October-November.
The Federal Minister for Education said that for the children who want to go to the universities of Pakistan, we will ensure that the admissions continue till January so that the children do not have any problem in getting admission and going to the university.
He said that despite doing all this, there is a section of children who, due to various compulsions, if they do not take the exam now, then their year is wasted. After much deliberation, it was decided that A2. For the convenience of the few children who are unable to take the test beyond September, it was unanimously decided that they should be given the facility to take the test as per the date sheet issued so that their Don’t waste the year.
“After Monday, there will be no more than 50 people in any place, so we have requested that the school be made a venue or that the existing venue be reduced to 50,” he said.
Shafqat Mehmood said that wherever the examinations will be held, there will be no more than 50 children and law enforcement agencies will be deployed outside it so that the assembly does not gather.
“This is a difficult time and no decision is easy in a difficult time, so many parents will be reassured that their children will not go for exams on these days of Code-19,” he said. There are arrangements for them too, so we have made this decision for the sake of the children’s future.
The Education Minister said that examinations are very important for children as the final result of study and hard work is examination and all the ministers decided that there is no solution without examination.
Earlier, Dr Faisal Sultan, Special Assistant to the Prime Minister for Health, said that 85,000 AO level children had to be tested on different days, out of which 21,000 would be reduced.
He said that in the last few weeks, the number of patients suffering from the critical condition has increased and today it has crossed 5,000, most of whom are on ventilators. Is the largest number.
He said that this third wave of the epidemic is in full swing and as a result many steps have been taken to implement the sanctions effectively. It was too much.
He said that the severity of the disease was not only high but also increased in the recent past and the pressure on the health system was high so some decisions were taken in this context.
