Federal Minister for Education and Professional Training Shafqat Mahmood on Tuesday called compliance to coronavirus SOPs outside Cambridge examination centers “poor”.
The minister said that the permission to hold examinations was conditional to strict SOP observance.
Shafqat said the situation will be reviewed in a special meeting of the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) later in the day.
The Cambridge examinations started on Monday despite demands from the students and their parents for cancellation considering the worsening COVID-19 situation in the country.
“As more reports have come in, it is obvious that outside the exam centers the compliance is poor. This and the latest corona spread reports will be discussed in a special NCOC meeting today afternoon,” the minister said in a tweet.
Meanwhile, in Islamabad, Lahore and Karachi, violation of coronavirus SOPs was seen, as several students did not wear face masks. The parents were also present outside the exam halls waiting for their children.
