Allama Iqbal Open University postpones exams

According to details, Keeping in view the prevailing situation of COVID-19 in the country and intensification of COVID third-wave across, AIOU has postponed the ongoing examinations.

A statement issued by the University administration said that the new schedule of the examinations will be announced after the Eid-ul-Fitr holidays.

Before the decision, the university sought the opinion of the superintendents of its regional offices across the country for holding the examinations after the government's decision to close the schools.

However, the examinations were postponed on the recommendation of the directors of the regional offices.

The statement said that under the decision, the ongoing examinations for Associate Degree, B.Ed, and BBA have been deferred while the final examinations of BS Accounting and Finance and BS programs have also been postponed.

University says that the new dates of examinations will be announced later. However, suspended examinations are likely to be held after the Eid holidays.

Earlier, the Punjab government on Sunday notified the suspension of in-person learning for grades 9-12 in fifteen districts of Punjab including Lahore in view of the third wave of coronavirus.

The Provincial Minister of Punjab for School Education Murad Raas turned to Twitter and shared the official notification to suspend all classes of matric and intermediate in the districts with over five per cent coronavirus positivity rate until further orders, starting from April 26.

“All Public & Private Schools will be closed immediately in the Districts stated below in the Notification till further notice,” the caption read.

“Classes 9,10,11,12 will also be closed in these Districts starting Monday 26, 2021,” he added.

NOTIFICATION:
All Public & Private Schools will be closed immediately in the Districts stated below in the Notification till further notice. Classes 9,10,11,12 will also be closed in these Districts starting Monday 26, 2021. pic.twitter.com/jeelRjVa2V

— Murad Raas (@DrMuradPTI) April 25, 2021

According to details, the districts where schools will remain closed include Lahore, Bahawalpur, Bukhar, Dera Ghazi Khan, Faisalabad, Gujranwala, Jhang, Khanewal, Multan, Rahim Yar Khan, Rawalpindi, Sargodha, Sheikhupura, Okara, and Toba Tek Singh.

The educational institutions had resumed for those grades last Monday, while the classes for grades 1-8 remained suspended due to the surge in novel coronavirus.

The students attended classes in a staggered manner for four days only.