Education ministry mulls passing SSC, HSSC students with 4 to 6pc additional marks.

ISLAMABAD -- Ministry of Federal Education and Professional Training (FE and PT) has started formulating the strategy to promote the students in next grades after the cancellation of board examinations in the country due to novel coronavirus (COVID-19) situation, The Nation learnt on Saturday.

Officials at Ministry of FE and PT said that the ministry has called a meeting of all 29 educational and three technical boards to formulate the future strategy about passing of the students.

Officials said that the ministry has collected the data of four million children who were about to appear in the board examination.

Officials also informed that the ministry is considering multiple proposals for compensating the students including promoting the Secondary School Certificate (SSC-II) and Higher Secondary Schools Certificate (HSSC-II) in next grades with additional 4 to 6 percent marks.

Officials also said that it has been also proposed that if the situation becomes normal the SSC-I and HSSC-I examinations will be conducted during ongoing year and will be promoted in the next grades.

However, if the COVI-19 situation doesn't change the SSC-I and HSSC-II students will be promoted to next grades without examination and a combined examination will be conducted in 2021.

Officials said that the proposed options will be considered in the meeting likely to be held on Monday next week.

Meanwhile, National Association of Private Schools (NAPS) rejecting the additional vacations for the educational institutions demanded from government to open the schools following the preventive measures guidelines.

NAPS Central President ChaudhryUbaidullah addressing a press briefing said that government should announce a bailout relief package for the educational institutions and they must be relieved from paying utility bills.

He said that the decision of opening of educational institutions must be done with the advice of ministry of National Health Services (NHS).

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