{"id":65605,"date":"2025-02-16T11:14:52","date_gmt":"2025-02-16T06:14:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/?p=65605"},"modified":"2025-02-16T11:14:52","modified_gmt":"2025-02-16T06:14:52","slug":"sindh-assembly-committee-suggests-15-20-grace-marks-for-failed-intermediate-students","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/education\/sindh-assembly-committee-suggests-15-20-grace-marks-for-failed-intermediate-students\/","title":{"rendered":"Sindh Assembly committee suggests 15-20% grace marks for failed Intermediate students"},"content":{"rendered":"

KARACHI: The fact-finding committee <\/span>formed<\/span>\u00a0by the Sindh Assembly<\/a> has\u00a0<\/span>suggested<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>giving<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>grace marks to\u00a0<\/span>first-year students who failed the annual <\/span>examinations of BIEK<\/span>,\u00a0<\/span>between<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>15 to 20 percent.<\/span><\/p>\n

This was<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>done\u00a0<\/span>after the committee\u00a0<\/span>had<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>presented\u00a0<\/span>a detailed report to Education Minister<\/a> Sardar Ali Shah,\u00a0<\/span>examining<\/span>\u00a0the results,\u00a0<\/span>assessment<\/span>\u00a0process, and overall academic\u00a0<\/span>condition<\/span>\u00a0of the Board of Intermediate Education Karachi (BIEK) and affiliated colleges.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span>A<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>five-member\u00a0<\/span>committee<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>under<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>the<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>leadership<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>of<\/span> the\u00a0<\/span>VC of NED University<\/a><\/span>\u00a0<\/span>Dr Sarosh Lodhi was made responsible for exploring the <\/span>unprecedented<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>poor<\/span>\u00a0BIEK results<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>when<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>below<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>30% of\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>students\u00a0<\/span>cleared<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>their\u00a0<\/span>papers.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The committee invited\u00a0<\/span>20<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>such<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>students<\/span>,<\/span> who failed in their first year and obtained A1 marks at the Martric exams, for testing at the <\/span>school<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>while\u00a0<\/span>in\u00a0<\/span>attendance<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>by<\/span>\u00a0their parents<\/span>\u00a0and went through their examination sheets<\/span>.<\/span><\/p>\n

This exercise\u00a0<\/span>showed<\/span>\u00a0that\u00a0<\/span>certain<\/span>\u00a0students\u00a0<\/span>committed<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>simple<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>mistakes<\/span>,\u00a0<\/span>like<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>writing “Karachi” with a “C”\u00a0<\/span>rather<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>than<\/span>\u00a0a “K”, and also\u00a0<\/span>uncovered<\/span> several<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>problems\u00a0<\/span>with the\u00a0<\/span>marking<\/span>\u00a0process, including\u00a0<\/span>mistakes<\/span>\u00a0in totaling marks, and\u00a0<\/span>issues<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>at<\/span>\u00a0the tabulation and data entry\u00a0<\/span>phases<\/span>.<\/p>\n

The committee also\u00a0<\/span>raised<\/span>\u00a0the\u00a0<\/span>issue<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>of<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>disparity<\/span>\u00a0between Karachi and other boards,\u00a0<\/span>particularly<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>since<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>the syllabus and government-<\/span>nominated<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>teachers<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>are\u00a0<\/span>the<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>same<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>throughout\u00a0<\/span>the region.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0To<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>overcome<\/span>\u00a0this\u00a0<\/span>problem<\/span>, the committee\u00a0<\/span>proposed<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>giving<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>teachers<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>some extra\u00a0<\/span>marks in specific subjects, such as 15% in <\/span>\u00a0Physics and Mathematics<\/span>\u00a0and up to 20%\u00a0<\/span>in<\/span>\u00a0Chemistry.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

No grace marks were<\/span>,<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>however,<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>proposed<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>in\u00a0<\/span>Zoology, Botany, Islamic Studies, or Pakistan Studies. The committee’s report and recommendations will now be considered by the relevant assembly committee, which is expected to make a decision soon.<\/span><\/p>\n

This\u00a0<\/span>choice<\/span>\u00a0will\u00a0<\/span>greatly<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>affect<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>performance<\/span>\u00a0of first-year students in the\u00a0<\/span>bi-<\/span>annual examinations,\u00a0<\/span>which<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>start<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>on April 15. The Sindh government has\u00a0<\/span>stated<\/span>\u00a0that\u00a0<\/span>they<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>would<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>consider<\/span>\u00a0the\u00a0<\/span>recommendations<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>of<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>the<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>committee<\/span>\u00a0and make a\u00a0<\/span>choice<\/span>\u00a0that will\u00a0<\/span>offer<\/span>\u00a0relief to\u00a0<\/span>those\u00a0<\/span>students who were\u00a0<\/span>hit<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>hard\u00a0<\/span>by the\u00a0<\/span>low results.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

KARACHI: The fact-finding committee formed\u00a0by the Sindh Assembly has\u00a0suggested\u00a0giving\u00a0grace marks to\u00a0first-year students who failed the annual examinations of BIEK,\u00a0between\u00a015 to 20 percent. This was\u00a0done\u00a0after the committee\u00a0had\u00a0presented\u00a0a detailed report to Education Minister Sardar Ali Shah,\u00a0examining\u00a0the results,\u00a0assessment\u00a0process, and overall academic\u00a0condition\u00a0of the Board of Intermediate Education Karachi (BIEK) and affiliated colleges. \u00a0A\u00a0five-member\u00a0committee\u00a0under\u00a0the\u00a0leadership\u00a0of the\u00a0VC of NED University\u00a0Dr Sarosh Lodhi […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":61329,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[47],"tags":[26562,26561,26560],"class_list":["post-65605","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-education","tag-biek-results","tag-grace-marks-for-failed-intermediate-students","tag-sindh-assembly-committee"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65605","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=65605"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65605\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":65606,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65605\/revisions\/65606"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/61329"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=65605"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=65605"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=65605"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}