Sindh government on Thursday announced to cancel matriculation and intermediate examinations and promote students to the next year.
Sindh Education and Labour Minister Saeed Ghani said, “The decision to cancel board exams will be announced after the meeting of the steering committee.”
He added that students will be promoted after amendments in the legislation.
The education minister directed to prepare students’ data so that they do not face any difficulties pertaining to admissions in university.
Earrlier, Ghani has announced to only promote students up to grade 8. He has now said the committee had decided to promote these students based on their performance of the previous year.
He cited laws of the boards of examination as a reason for being unable to promote all students. He had added that the committee would consult the federal government pertaining to the exam schedule.
Sindh’s steering committee had previously held two meetings to decide the matter. However, both the meetings had ended inconclusively, adding to the confusion of thousands of students and their parents in the province.
An earlier meeting of the committee of chairmen of education boards was chaired by Education Secretary Khalid Haider Shah, while Secretary College Education Baqir Abbas and Secretary Universities and Boards Riazuddin were present.
Matriculation Board Karachi, Intermediate Board Karachi and Board of Matriculation and Intermediate Education Hyderabad chairmen were also present during the meeting.
According to sources, none of the secretaries, including Secretary Schools Khalid Haider Shah, gave any opinion on the matter of conducting examinations in Sindh.
