Coronavirus in Pakistan: NCOC to review SOP compliance at Cambridge exam centres, says Shafqat Mehmood
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Federal Minister for Education and Professional Training Shafqat Mehmood.
ISLAMABAD: Amid strong calls from the students to cancel the ongoing Cambridge exams, the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) will review the COVID-19 SOP compliance at the exam centres in a special session today, Federal Minister for Education and Professional Training Shafqat Mehmood said on Tuesday
The Cambridge examinations started on Monday across Pakistan after courts dismissed all the legal challenges against the exams.
The minister said that the permission to hold the exam was conditional on strict SOP observance.
Shafqat Mehmood says NCOC to discuss ‘poor’ SOP compliance outside Cambridge exams centres
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Shafqat Mehmood says a special NCOC session would review SOP compliance and COVID-19 spread today.
Says it is obvious that outside the exam centres the compliance is poor.
Cambridge exams are being held across Pakistan amid calls for their cancellation due to corona spread.
ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Education and Professional Training Shafqat Mehmood on Tuesday said that the compliance of coronavirus SOPs outside Cambridge exam centres was poor and will be discussed in a special session of the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) today.
Shafqat Mehmood shares update related to Cambridge exams
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Shafqat Mehmood shares important updates related to Cambridge International Examinations in Pakistan.
Per the notification, all Cambridge exams will take place as per the schedule and with strict SOPS. If students wish, they can switch to Oct/Nov exams instead for the same fee, a notification issued by the CAIE says.
Federal Minister for Education and Professional Training Shafqat Mehmood on Sunday evening shared some important updates related to the Cambridge Assessment International Education.
Taking to Twitter, the minister posted a notification originally shared by the British Council on Facebook according to which Cambridge International Exams will go ahead as per the schedule.