KARACHI: BIEK alters paper pattern

Published September 30, 2007

KARACHI, Sept 29: The Board of Intermediate Education, Karachi, has decided to change the pattern of the question papers from the next academic year. This was stated by the chairman of the BIEK, Anwar Ahmed Zai, on Saturday.

He said that 50 per cent of a question paper would consist of objective questions, 30 per cent would be short questions-answers and the remaining 20 per cent would comprise subjective questions. The total marks of the practical examination had also been reduced to 15.—APP

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