Board exams after June 20, fewer summer holidays than usual National May 25, 2021 Islamabad: The education ministers met on Monday via video link and decided that the board examinations for 10 and 12 grades would be held across the country after June 20 with the provinces and regions finalising their dates by themselves. They also agreed that the students won’t be promoted to the next classes without passing exams and that there would be fewer summer vacation than usual. The decisions come as the educational institutions resumed in-person learning in districts with less than five per cent coronavirus positivity rate. The in-person academic activities in major cities stand suspended due to high COVID-19 incidence. Federal education minister Shafqat Mahmood chaired the Inter-Provincial Education Ministers Conference, which he called to finalise the schedules of board exams and summer vacation and the reopening of the remaining educational institutions in light of the current coronavirus incidence.