PESHAWAR, Feb 10: The NWFP government has decided to make multiple choice questions (MCQs) a compulsory part in all the question papers of the SSC examinations from 2003.

This decision was taken at a meeting, presided over by NWFP Minister for Education Syed Imtiaz Hussain Gilani, here. Among others, the meeting was attended by the provincial education secretary and the chairmen of all the boards of intermediate and secondary education.

According to the decision, each question paper of the SSC examinations will have 20 per cent MCQs in 2003, 25 per cent in 2004 and 30 per cent in 2005.

In the intermediate examinations (FA/FSc), question papers each will carry 20 per cent MCQs from 2003.

The meeting also decided that efforts would be made to create the habit of thinking among the students and make the questions object-oriented and that both the aims were to be achieved through a proper setup of examination papers, training of students, revision of the textbooks, creation and development of a question bank and training of the teachers.