KARACHI: In a transfer in direction of modernising the schooling system, the Sindh authorities has notified a brand new grading coverage for matric and intermediate exams.
College students of the province is not going to get marks and positions, however grades, based on a notification issued by the Secretary of Boards and Universities, Muhammad Abbas Baloch, making Sindh the primary province in Pakistan to implement such a system.
The brand new grading coverage might be efficient from 2025. Below this method, college students might be evaluated and awarded grades as an alternative of conventional marks and positions.
The notification additional states that the primary, second, and third positions might be abolished underneath the brand new grading system.
The Inter-Board Coordination Committee (IBCC) has formulated a brand new grading method, which assigns grades based mostly on proportion scores.
For example, college students scoring 95% or above might be awarded an A++ grade, whereas these scoring between 90% and 94% will obtain an A+ grade.
On this system, 80-84% might be awarded B++grade (Very Good), 75-79% will obtain B+ (Good), 70-74% will get B (Truthful), and 60-69% will get C (Above Common).
Whereas Sindh has taken the lead in implementing this new grading system, different provinces reminiscent of Punjab, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, and Balochistan have but to undertake related insurance policies.