ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Education Shafqat Mehmood has announced that the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) will discuss the ‘poor’ compliance of coronavirus SOPs outside Cambridge exam centres.
Taking to Twitter, the education minister said the permission to hold the exam was conditional on strict SOP observance. “As more reports have come in, it is obvious that outside the exam centres the compliance is poor,” he added.
Permission to hold exam was conditional on strict SOP observance. As more reports have come in, It is obvious that outside the exam centres the compliance is poor. This and the latest corona spread reports will be discussed in a special NCOC meeting today afternoon.
— Shafqat Mahmood (@Shafqat_Mahmood) April 27, 2021
“This and the latest coronavirus spread reports will be discussed in a special NCOC meeting today afternoon,” Shafqat Mehmood wrote. The Cambridge examinations started on Monday amid strong calls from the students to cancel them considering the worsening COVID-19 situation.
Earlier on Monday, the NCOC said the examinations were being conducted in line with the Ministry of Education’s decisions. The forum directed that not more than 50 students should be allowed in a centre.
Meanwhile, in Islamabad, Lahore, and Karachi, violation of coronavirus SOPs was seen, as several students did not wear face masks — essential equipment to keep the virus at bay. The parents were also present outside the exam halls waiting for their children.
