Tag: #Cambridge
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Cambridge central mosque gets nominated for prestigious Stirling Prize
The Cambridge Central Mosque has been shortlisted for the 2021 RIBA Stirling Prize, the UK’s most prestigious architecture award
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PM Khan, Jemima Goldsmith Entangled in squabble with Maryam Nawaz
Prime Minister Imran Khan and former wife Jemima Goldsmith have been entangled in a spat with PML-N’s Maryam Nawaz, regarding privilege and anti-semitism, after the PM made comments on the latter’s son. According to reports, the Prime Minister made comments about Maryam Nawaz’s son, Junaid Safdar, for playing for Cambridge University’s polo team, calling it…
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#NCOCcancelexams: Ali Zafar, Mehwish Hayat urge govt to reconsider exams
Lahore, 25th April: With the students protesting against the government’s decision to hold the Cambridge exams in Pakistan amid the third wave of coronavirus, celebrities have also come forward to stand with them. Cambridge students who are to appear for their CAIE exams for O and A-Levels at the end of this month are distressed…
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CAIE Exams: High Courts in Pakistan announced their verdict against the students’ plea
Lahore, 23rd April: Courts in Pakistan have dismissed students’ petition seeking a switch to school assessed grades for Cambridge CAIE exams this year. According to reports, the High Courts of Peshawar, Lahore, Islamabad and Sindh on Friday dismissed the petitions filed by the students against the government’s decision to hold physical CAIE exams in Pakistan.…
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All exams to take place as per new schedule: Shafqat Mahmood
Lahore, 18th April: Government has announced that academic activities for classes 9 till 12 will resume amid the third wave of coronavirus pandemic in Pakistan. According to reports, Federal Minister for Education Shafqat Mahmood announced on Sunday that the classes 9th to 12th will resume in order to prepare for their upcoming board exams. The…
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Bangladesh announces not to conduct O and A Level exams held by Cambridge board
Lahore, 29th March: The government of Bangladesh has announced not to conduct the O and A Level examinations in the country this year. According to reports of Baaghi TV, with the increase in coronavirus cases and situation getting worse in Bangladesh, the education ministry has decided not to conduct Cambridge exams in the country. According…
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Backed by Stormzy, Cambridge bids to woo black students
Cambridge, United Kingdom, Oct 29 (AFP/APP):Going to Cambridge had always been a dream for Matthew Omoefe Offeh, one of a growing number of black students who are slowly reshaping the elite university’s racial mix, helped in part by rapper Stormzy. The 18-year-old from Luton, north of London, has just started an engineering course at Cambridge’s…
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CAIE Update: Will the exams be cancelled?
13th October 2020: England has announced that the upcoming A-levels and GCSE exams will take place, however, with reduced content for some subjects and a start date pushed back by three weeks. In an attempt to compensate for the lost teaching time, most exams will begin from 7 June. Headteachers are accusing ministers of an…
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The ill-fated batch of A-Levels 2021
Lahore, 9th October: The batch of the A-levels 2021 students all over the world are the most affected after the emergence of the coronavirus pandemic. On the surface of it, the batch of 2021 has been the most unaffected by this pandemic when compared to the batch of 2020 and 2022. However, diving deeper into…
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Cambridge issues a statement about the grading system
Lahore, 16th August: Federal Minister for Education Shafqat Mahmood has said that Cambridge International has agreed to review its grading procedures. According to reports of Baaghi TV, Cambridge has issued the statement regarding the recently declared CIE results for O’ and A’ Levels after an outcry from Pakistani students who felt they were unfairly graded.…