O Level exams will start from May 10: Shafqat Mahmood
- "I had received a letter from Christine Ozden, CEO Cambridge requesting that O level/IGCSE exam should be allowed to start from May 10 instead of May 15," the minister tweeted.
- After consultation with provinces/stakeholders we have agreed, Mahmood added.
Federal Education Minister Shafqat Mahmood announced on Monday that O Level exams will begin from May 10.
The exams were scheduled to commence on May 15. In a tweet, the minister said that the Cambridge Assessment International Education had written to him, requesting that O Level and IGCSE exams be allowed to begin from May 10 instead of May 15.
“We discussed a start date for Cambridge O level and IGCSE exams of May 15 in Pakistan. We would like to ask you now to consider whether we are able to start Cambridge O level and IGCSE from May 10," the letter stated.
"After consultation with provinces/stakeholders we have agreed," Mahmood tweeted.
On Friday, the minister had announced May 15 as the date for O Level exams in the country. He had also announced that Advanced Level exams would be held as per schedule.
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