ANI | Updated: Apr 28, 2021 13:16 IST
Lahore [Pakistan], April 28 (ANI): Several students and social activists have initiated an online campaign demanding the resignation of Pakistan s Education MinisterShafqat Mehmood over his failure to get the Cambridge Assessment International Education (CAIE) examination postponed.
O and A level students took to Twitter running a #ResignShafqatMahmood hashtag. They sought grades on the basis of teachers assessment and complete cancellation of the examination, reported Dawn. I am extremely upset at this point. @Shafqat Mahmood is being totally inconsiderate and must be sacked for what he has done, said one Twitter user.
Rights activist Jibran Nasir issued a statement in support of the students, saying that the students had been protesting for weeks and also filed petitions in all high courts but no one listened to them.
In this file photo, Education Minister Shafqat Mahmood addresses a press conference in Islamabad. DawnNewsTV/File
LAHORE: Students and social activists have begun an online campaign demanding the resignation of Federal Education Minister Shafqat Mehmood for his failure to get the Cambridge Assessment International Education (CAIE) examination postponed.
O and A level students took to Twitter running a #ResignShafqatMahmood trend. They seek grades on the basis of teachers’ assessment and complete cancellation of the examination.
Eesha Batool tweeted, “I am extremely upset at this point. @Shafqat Mahmood is being totally inconsiderate and must be sacked for what he has done”.
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Pakistan has cancelled all examinations till June 15, Federal Education Minister Shafqat Mahmood while addressing a press conference on Tuesday.
The O and A Level exams have been cancelled and pushed till October/November, he remarked, adding that no student will be promoted without exams this year.
We also discussed the concerns of students who cannot wait till September to take their exams as their year will be wasted. We are giving special permission to A2 students to take their exams and centres will be open for only them, Mehmood added. Pakistan has around 20,000 A2 students.