Educational boards allowed to begin marking process of grade 10 papers.

LAHORE -- Punjab government on Tuesday allowed educational boards in the province to begin marking process of grade 10 papers, media reported.

The permission was given by a sub-committee of the provincial cabinet on coronavirus so that the process to check grade 10 papers would be initiated.

According to details, the process would include checking of papers of one million students, who appeared in matriculation examinations in the province.

Only the Lahore board has to check papers of more than 275,000 students. It has established 27 marking centers in the city, which will witness the involvement of 2700 teachers during the process.

It is pertinent to mention here that Punjab Education Minister Murad Raas on May 16 announced to promote matriculation and intermediate students to next classes without conducting examinations.

It is decided to promote students of 9th and 11th grades to the next classes, whereas, the results of 10th-grade papers will be announced after checking the exam papers. The notification also read that 12th-grade students could improve their result numbers of 11th grade by appearing in the...

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