Considering the current rioting on the streets, the Punjab Boards Committee of Chairmen yesterday (Wednesday) decided to “postpone” board exams of class 9, scheduled to be held on May 11 and 12 till further notice.

The British Council has also cancelled Cambridge exams scheduled for today (Thursday).

Students and their parents are disappointed at the cancellation of the exams.

“Our grades will be affected badly,” said one student while talking to Dawn.

Another disappointed student said that she did not celebrate Eid because she was preparing for the exams.

“We are working here day and night for a bright future and here we were just engulfed by darkness because of the ‘situation’ in our country,” said another student.

One of the O level students suggested to his friend on social media that they should go to the British Council and solve the paper forcefully.

Reaction of Parents:

One parent said that her daughter had worked very hard the entire year but both her major science subjects’ papers got cancelled. Another parent said that it would affect a student’s future, especially if science or medicine were her major career goals.