Grades 10 and 12 exams to be conducted from June 23 to July 29

The National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) has decided that exams for grades 10 and 12 will be conducted from June 23 to July 29 in the country while the provinces can decide to resume physical classes for matric and intermediate students with strict implementation of Covid-19 SOPs.

The decision was taken in an NCOC meeting chaired by Federal Minister for Planning Asad Umar and National Coordinator Lt Gen Hamooduz Zaman on Saturday.

NCOC supervises the government’s unified strategy to stem the spread of the global pandemic.

The forum expressed satisfaction over the coronavirus situation in the country but cautioned about the rise in infections in Sindh.

The provinces can decide to resume on-campus classes for 10th and 12th grades under coronavirus SOPs from May 31 to prepare the students for the exams.

From May 30, the NCOC has decided to allow amusement parks, water parks, and swimming pools to reopen in districts with a five percent or less Covid-19 positivity rate.

Last week, the NCOC issued a set of guidelines for the visitors and planners of the tours to the tourist spots, which will be opened from Monday under strict coronavirus SOPs.

On May 19, the NCOC dropped several restrictions it had imposed during the Eidul Fitr holidays earlier this month.

Besides, opening the tourism, the NCOC also allowed a staggered re-opening of the education sector – all public and private education institutions – in districts where the coronavirus positivity ratio is less than 5%.

However, considering the prevailing disease situation across various districts, the education sector in districts with a high positivity ratio will remain closed till June 6, the NCOC had said in a statement.