Pakistan, March 21 -- Minister for Federal Education and Professional Training, Shafqat Mahmood, on Wednesday, announced plans to eliminate O-level (Ordinary level) and A-Level (Advanced level) education from the schools countrywide to implement a uniform curriculum in the system.

He said this during his remarks to the National Assembly Standing Committee on education with regard to his ministry's functions and future plans while asserting it would, however, be abolished at the next stage as they were coping with more pressing challenges at present.

"As current education system has many other flaws, those direly needed to be mended due to which said the plan would be practised on next level but it will be done ultimately," he added.

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