LOWER DIR: The Boards of Intermediate and Secondary Education (BISEs) in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa will conduct the upcoming annual examinations for grade-9 students under the student learning outcome (SLO) system.

The announcement in this regard was made here in Chakdara on Thursday at the conclusion of two-day meeting of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Boards’ Chairmen Committee (KPBCC), including chairmen of all educational boards in the province.

KPBCC chairman Prof Zamin Gul presided over the meeting attended by the chairmen of educational boards of Peshawar, Mardan, Swat, Bannu, Abbottabad, Kohat, DI Khan, Textbook Board Peshawar and Technical Board.

The meeting, after a thorough review of the existing examination system, decided to conduct the upcoming board examinations for grade-9 students under the SLO system so as to discourage rote learning.

Decision announced after chairmen’s meeting in Dir

The participants were informed that the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government had already given the approval in this regard. The meeting decided to train 50 subject specialist teachers from each of the boards for preparing SLO-based question papers and marking procedure. It decided that workshops for the selected specialists would also be arranged.

Talking to this correspondent, Malakand BISE chairman Prof Zamin Gul said the decision would have positive effects on the students learning.

He said the new system of examinations would help end the rote learning and the students would get real knowledge. He said all educational boards had uploaded model papers in this regard on their websites and the students and teachers could benefit from them.

Mr Gul said the educational boards had started preparations for the annual examinations expected to be held in April or May next year.

Meanwhile, the students of University of Malakand on Thursday held a walk in Chakdara and demanded of the Afghan government to allow the local women to get higher education.

Scores of students led by Izaz Khan and Aneesur Rehman gathered outside the university’s main campus and chanted slogans such as ‘let the Afghan women learn’. They urged the world community to force the Afghan government to withdraw its decision immediately.

Published in Dawn, December 23rd, 2022