The entire coronavirus situation has impacted the studies and the holding of exams in the country. Whether we accept it or not, one person who has become immensely popular among the students during this entire covid-19 scenario is the Education Minister Shafqat Mehmood.
During the whole past month or so, all the Twitter and Instagram handles are filled with corona and exams. Whether exams should be held or not was the talk of the town. Recently, Cancel the CAIEs was trending all over the internet. And yes, the exams had been postponed till 15th of June officially.
But after the announcement of the cancellation of Exams, some rumours started spreading throughout the internet. As per the rumours, all exams of the 9th and 11 the standard we’re expected to get cancelled. Students were pretty confused with all those rumours. But our Education Minister, Shafqat Mehmood, came for their rescue once again.
Class 9 and 11 exams will take place according to the time table of the respective boards. No truth in rumours that they will not be held
— Shafqat Mahmood (@Shafqat_Mahmood) May 5, 2021
The Education Minster shared a tweet addressing all the rumours about the 9th and 11th exams. The Minister tweeted: “Class 9 and 11 exams will take place according to the timetable of the respective boards. No truth in rumors that they will not be held.”
His tweet has cleared all the misconceptions. Let us all hope that this situation gets better soon.