Federal Education Minister Shafqat Mahmood talks about The controversy over "unfair grading" in the recently announced Cambridge O&A Levels results has escalated across the country as many students reached out via social media to raise awareness of the issue.
The controversy was brought to the attention of Federal Education Minister Shafqat Mahmood, who has decided that the government will turn to the British Council, Cambridge and the UK High Commission to raise the unreasonable O and A grades for Pakistani students. unload.
As a result of our intervention conveying the anguish of our students, I have just heard that Cambridge has agreed to review its grading procedure regarding the recently declared results. It will announce its final verdict after review on Tuesday
— Shafqat Mahmood (@Shafqat_Mahmood) August 14, 2020
The minister said Pakistani students graduating from Cambridge had been largely unfairly judged and ruined their hard work.
A statement to this effect will be issued by Cambridge soon https://t.co/RsvSTXObk6
— Shafqat Mahmood (@Shafqat_Mahmood) August 14, 2020
“I have received many complaints about unreasonable classification and referred students' concerns to Cambridge. I am confident that the Cambridge Assessment International Education (CAIE) will investigate this and take corrective action, ”the minister wrote in his statement.
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Cambridge canceled its global exams in May / June 2020 and announced that it will issue certificates without exams. A four-tier scoring mechanism followed, including teachers' predicted grades, ranking, school rating / approval, and standardization.
After the results were announced on Aug. 10, the students expressed concern because they were getting grades that contradicted their expectations and previous performance.
In the latest update of the situation, the federal minister announced on his social media that Cambridge had decided to review the review process in relation to the recently published results.
