K-P to hold SSC, HSSC exams after 3-year gap
Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) Minister for Primary and Secondary Education Shahram Tarakai Tuesday said that after a gap of three years, the Secondary School Certificate (SSC) and Higher Secondary School Certificate (HSSC) examinations will be held in all subjects this year.
He said that 821,906 students would appear in SSC examinations while 534,118 would appear in HSSC examinations, adding that 3,253 centres have been established across K-P for SSC exam and 1,845 for HSSC.
Presiding over a meeting on preparing an action plan for matriculation and intermediate examinations, he said that 23,720 invigilators and other supervisory staff would perform duty at examinations centres for SSC and 14,209 at HSSC centres.
The minister said that all boards have control rooms for monitoring of examinations while all examination centres in the province will be monitored by CCTV cameras.
He directed the board heads to remain in touch with PESCO for uninterrupted supply of electricity till the stipulated time in the respective districts during the papers.
He also directed increase in the number of paper checkers for timely preparation of examination results and quality checking.
The purpose of education boards is not to make money but to spend maximum budget on conducting examinations, he said.
The meeting was attended by Special Secretary Education Amir Afaq, Managing Director Private Schools Regulatory Authority Kabir Khan Afridi and all the board heads of the province.
Shahram said that provision of facilities to students is top priority and directed all boards to activate Student Facilitation Centres as soon as possible for facilitation of students and teachers.
The meeting was informed that marking centres had also been set up in Swabi and Nowshera districts this year.
Published in The Express Tribune, May 11th, 2022.