29/09/2019
The Tutor Academy Exclusive
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NO BOARD EXAMS FOR CLASS 9 AND 1ST YEAR FROM NEXT YEAR ALL OVER PAKISTAN
25 September, 2019
Federal Minister for Education, Shafqat Mahmood has said that there will be no board exams for class 9 and class 11 / 1st year from next year. Class 5 board exams has already been abolished. So from next year only Class 8, 10 and 2nd year exams shall be conducted.
Federal Minster announced this decision after Inter Provincial Education Ministers conference. The 14th meeting Inter-Provincial Education Ministers Conference (PEMC) was chaired by the Minister for Federal Education and Professional Training Shafqat Mehmood. All four provinces including Gilgit-Baltistan and Azad Jammu Kashmir participated in the meeting.The decision was made unanimously that only three board exams will be conducted all over the country including class 8, 10th and 2nd year. It was also decided that all Boards of Intermediate and Secondary Education BISEs will announce the results of Intermediate before August 15, every year. This decision was taken to implement the same education calendar throughout the country.
Most of the boards in the country announce Intermediate results in September. This year, only KP Boards and Federal Board announced Intermediate results before August. But All boards of Punjab and Karachi board announced the Intermediate results in September. This leads to a major problem for the students getting admission into universities.
It is pertinent to mention here that some 15-20 years back, Class 9th and class 11th board exams were not conducted separately, but were conducted with class 10 and 12th that had led to extra burden on the students during exams days for preparing two years syllabus. Are we once again going back again in time. Nations learn from their past experience and make decisions that serve the country better, but it seems like we are moving in a circle, rather than moving ahead.
