ISLAMABAD, July 19: The Aga Khan University Examination Board (AKUEB) is keen on providing a national model of high quality examinations at the secondary and higher secondary levels of education.

Giving briefing to the media persons here on Wednesday, Director AKU-EB Dr. Thomas Christie said the examination system would also enable development of capacity for educational assessment and tests.

He said it would benefit the function of the other examination boards and thus of teachers in all schools.

Highlighting other objectives, Dr. Thomas said AKUEB would offer high quality examination system of international standards in English and Urdu, such as the Code of Practice that governs the procedures of all British examination boards; evaluate the higher intellectual abilities of comprehension, logical thinking and problem solving; and provide secure, valid and reliable assessments of education achievement.—APP