Education ministers to finalise exam policy today.

Byline: Kashif Abbasi

ISLAMABAD -- Education ministers of the country will give final touches to the new policy on the cancelled exams of sec-Thursday as students were eagerly waiting for it.

The inter-provincial education ministers' virtual meeting will be held under the supervision of Federal Education Minister Shafqat Mahmood.

Sources said the ministers will discuss various proposals finalised by educational boards under the supervision of Inter Boards Committee Chairmen (IBCC), the umbrella body of all 29 educational boards.

The sources said after the meeting the ministry of education on Friday will announce the final policy on the exams in the light of earlier decision of cancelling all boards examinations.

Earlier, the federal government ended the uncertainty regarding the board exams but students were still confused regarding the future strategy to be adopted by boards.

Following the decision taken by the inter-provincial education ministers' meeting followed by National Coordination Committee (NCC) the government had cancelled all exams and decided that students will be promoted on the basis of their previous year's results.

However, the promotion formula is yet to be finalised as there is a lot of questions as what will be the fate of those who had failed in some subjects in 9th and 11th classes and those private students who were all set to appear in the composite exams of matric and intermediate.

Many brilliant and shining students are also puzzled and concerned about their future.

One of such students, requesting not to be named, said that he got 1,011 marks out of 1,100 in FSc (pre-medical) last year but could not get admission to any medical college. Therefore, in accordance with the policy of Federal Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education (FBISE), he registered himself with the board...