Grade VII students promoted to next class

Decision applicable to students in both public and private schools

RAWALPINDI: As per the government’s decision, the Punjab School Education Department has promoted to the next class all students in grade-VIII studying in public and private schools of the province, without holding any examinations.

In this regard, the School Education Secretary Sara Aslam has issued a notification on Thursday.

A copy of the circular was forwarded to the district education officers (DEOs) and deputy commissioners (DCs) in all 36 districts of the province.

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It read that the decision, applicable to both public and private schools, has been in the wake of the novel coronavirus (Covid-19 outbreak in Punjab, it will be impossible to hold the annual examinations.

It further read that the decision had been taken in a meeting chaired by the Punjab Education Minister Murad Raas.

Earlier, the government had already promoted students from primary to grade-VII in all public and private schools to the next classes without the formality of annual exams.

Published in The Express Tribune, June 12^th, 2020.