Centre unveils exams policy in backdrop of Covid-19

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Almost a week after the National Coordination Committee’s decision to cancel all the board examinations in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic, federal Minister for Education Shafqat Mahmood announced the examination and promotion policy, aimed at ending restlessness among students.

According to the policy, all students of grades 10 and 12, who had cleared all the subjects in their 9th and 11th class exams, will be declared passed on the basis of their previous results. These students will also be given three per cent additional marks to their total, as statistic revealed that students always get more scores in 10th and 12th grade when compared to 9th and 11th classes.

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