The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Education Department has announced that students of grades 9 to 12 from public and private schools and colleges will be promoted without exams.
The department issued a notification in this regard on Tuesday, saying that the cancellation of exams was decided by the National Coordination Committee owing to the COVID-19 pandemic. It emphasized on formulating a uniform policy to announce the results.
The meeting also approved a “Policy on Declaration of Results due to Cancelation of Annual Exams” according to which all examinations have been canceled from SSC-I to HSSC-II for the academic year 2019-20.
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SSC-I and HSSC-I
The students of SSC-I and HSSC-I, who had not appeared in board exams have been promoted to the next classes without awarding marks. Their marks will be allotted based on their performance in future classes. According to the notification, a 3 percent increase will be made in their grade 9 and 11 results, based on their marks in Matric and Inter exams next year. However, they won’t have to appear in a composite exam in 2021.
SSC-II and HSSC-II
The students of 10th and 12th will be promoted to the next classes based on their performances in the previous ones. Only the students with satisfactory performance last year will earn a promotion. Students who obtained only passing marks the past year won’t get extra marks this year. To calculate Matric and Inter exams, a three percent increment in the previous year’s results will be made.
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Failing and Improving Students
Students of class 10 and 12 who failed certain subjects and had applied for supplementary exams will be given passing marks in the same subjects based on the previous year’s performance. If they had also failed those subjects last year, only passing marks will be awarded. Such students will not be entitled to an extra 3 percent marks.
Failing and Improving Students
Students of class 10 and 12 who failed certain subjects and had applied for improving exams will be given passing marks in the same subjects based on the previous year’s performance. If they had failed those subjects last year, only passing marks will be awarded and they won’t get 3% extra marks.
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Students who entirely failed 9th class or 11th exams last year and passed 60 percent of subjects in 2020 exams, may be awarded passing marks in failed subjects this year. They will, however, reappear in the 9th or 11th exams next year. They won’t receive extra 3 percent marks.
Similarly, students who fully failed 10th class or 12th exams in 2020, but had passed 60 percent subjects in 2019 exams, may be awarded passing marks in failed subjects last year. They will, however, reappear in the 10th or 12th exams next year. No extra marks for them, either.
