Shafqat Mahmood Orders To Conduct SSC & HSSC Exams On Time In all Boards of Pakistan

Shafqat Mehmood, the federal education minister, addresses the Inter Board Committee Of Chairman, IBCC to take action against covering the progressive interruptions in the 2021 academic session from August onward and to hold the SSC and HSSC examinations in May and June 2021.

Implementations To Academic Progression

The Secretary IBCC, Dr. Ghulam Ali Mallah, apprised the minister about the functions, activities, priorities, and future plans of the IBCC. Shafqat Mehmood also suggests the Secretary IBCC to consider conducting all the examinations with MCQs paper pattern and technology-based or online assessments.

He also stressed for minimization of rote learning and fostering a culture of analytical thinking and reasoning among the students.

Efforts Of IBCC

Furthermore, Dr. Mallah informed Shafqat Mahmood that the IBCC had recently initiated online verification of equivalency certificates and attestation of certificates. It has also partnered with a courier company to collect and return the applications for equivalence and the attestation of certificates from the homes of the students.

Dr. Mallah added that the IBCC is making efforts to print QR codes on equivalence certificates to ensure that their quality remains uncompromised. He concluded that the IBCC is also working to automate all of its processes to increase transparency and improve its delivery of services.