KARACHI: Sindh Mini­ster for Education Saeed Ghani said on Thursday that matriculation exams will be held from July 5 while intermediate exams will take place from July 26.

The exams will be based on 60 per cent or a “condensed syllabus”, and for elective courses only, he said.

The time duration for each exam will be two hours. The papers will also be designed to have 50 per cent multiple choice questions, 30pc short answer questions and 20pc long answers.

Published in Dawn, June 11th, 2021

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