Chairman of the Board of Secondary Education Karachi (BSEK) has announced a major relief for matric students who were unable to reach their assigned examination centers on the first day of the annual exams.
Speaking to the media during a visit to an examination center set up at Pilot Girls Higher Secondary School in Nazimabad, the board chairman said students who missed their paper for any reason would be allowed to sit the exam at the nearest available center.
He said center superintendents had already been instructed to accommodate such students.
Matric examinations for classes 9 and 10 began in Karachi on Friday, with Class 10 computer science paper being held on the opening day.
During the visit, the chairman reviewed arrangements at the exam center and said the overall situation remained satisfactory. He added that more than 385,000 students were appearing in the examinations peacefully across the city.
For the exams, authorities have established 521 examination centers and formed 51 vigilance teams to monitor the process and prevent irregularities.
The chairman said the board had set up centers according to the list provided by the schools directorate, but admitted that the number of centers in public schools was reduced because some government school teachers made excuses and did not fully cooperate.
He also said a shortage of furniture in government schools had contributed to the lower number of exam centers set up there.
According to the chairman, the board also kept constant watch on the movement of question papers through its monitoring room to ensure secure delivery to centers.
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