Students accuse Shafqat Mahmood of ‘destroying careers’, demand resignation

After Federal Minister for Education Shafqat Mahmood announced on Tuesday that no examinations will take place in the country until June 15 and that O’ and A’ Level exams will now take place in the October-November cycle, students are now demanding Teacher and School Assessed Grades with the hashtags #ShafqatDestroysOurCareer and #ResignShafqatMahmood trending on social media.

Students are arguing that their study schedules have been disrupted because of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and are demanding Teacher Assessed Grades (TAGs) and School Assessed Grades (SAGs). On the other hand, some are even proposing other ways of promoting the students without exams.

as someone who’s going abroad for A levels WHAT DO I DO!!i can’t afford to take a gap year or take exams in Oct/Nov!!I should be given the option for May/June too,at this point I’m mentally exhausted all because of @Shafqat_Mahmood !#ShafqatDestroysOurCareer #resignshafqatmehmood https://t.co/BJzT9jUNOR

— Aleeza Riaz (@riaz_aleeza) April 27, 2021

Postponing exams can't be only contingency plan in face of an unpredictable pandemic giving us uncertain timelines. Govt must use this time to immediately develop local mechanism to evaluate #Matric #Inter students through School Assessed Grades if situation remains same in June.

— M. Jibran Nasir 🇵🇸 (@MJibranNasir) April 28, 2021

I urge educationists who deal with @CambridgeInt and are aware of the difference between #TeacherAssessedGrades (Predicted Grades) used last yr & #SchoolAssessedGrades (Based on evaluation) proposed this yr to pls upload vlogs explaining this matter to @Shafqat_Mahmood.

— M. Jibran Nasir 🇵🇸 (@MJibranNasir) April 28, 2021

How can a Fed Min of Education be helpless before a Pvt Examination Board like @CambridgeInt which does business in Pakistan & earns millions of pounds every year in fee. Fight our case @Shafqat_Mahmood. Get the deadline changed, get Cambridge to offer #SAGs to Pakistan or Resign

— M. Jibran Nasir 🇵🇸 (@MJibranNasir) April 28, 2021

It MUST be teachers assessed grades. #ShafqatDestroysOurCareer #ShafqatMahmood

— Hassaan Niazi (@HniaziISF) April 27, 2021

PLEASE don't waste our years, cancel all exams and promote us. We are asking this in the wake of current situation, we are not running away from studies. Give School Assessed Grades to students.@ImranKhanPTI@Shafqat_Mahmood#ShafqatDestroysOurCareer#Resignshafqatmahmood

— . (@macuky0403) April 27, 2021

Mr. @Shafqat_Mahmood an overall pathetic decision taken by you, congratulations to you on destroying the future of thousands of students.#ShafqatDestroysOurCareer#ShafqatMahmoodResign https://t.co/GgcRJptOpr

— Abdullah Umer (@Abdullautweets) April 27, 2021

@Shafqat_Mahmood clearly messed up with what he did. This is a complete failure of the Pakistani Education system. Why weren't SAGs awarded to Cambridge. This year there is enough evidence for board students too as they also expected SAGs.#ShafqatDestroysOurCareer

— Owais Rashid (@cyber_cavalry) April 28, 2021

#shafqatDestroysOurCareer
Well we can't see a clear victory. We WANTS TAGSSSSSSSSS. pic.twitter.com/DQgwGwc3b0

— Fatima (@Fatima70480563) April 27, 2021

Ya AllAh Reham! Mr Egoistic Education Minister We warned you, we told you, we kept on telling you that exams can't happen. Now see the results. We Want Teacher Assessed Grades. Don't waste our time.#Resignshafqatmahmood #ShafqatDestroysOurCareer pic.twitter.com/ieADQX77w7

— Abdullah Gohar (@digitalgohar) April 27, 2021

Pakistan is currently experiencing a deadly third wave of COVID-19 with fears of an India-like situation. According to the National Command and Operations Centre (NCOC), 5292 cases and 201 deaths were reported in the last 24 hours.