Online self-assessment for inter students on the cards
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The Sindh Education Department is considering introducing an online examination system in colleges to assess the students before the annual examination at the intermediate level.
This will not only help the intermediate students perform better in their annual exam but will also help assess their academic ability. Forms for the board exam will be issued only to those students who pass this online self-assessment test.
This has been decided by Education Minister Syed Sardar Ali Shah and Secretary College Education Department Ahmed Bakhsh Narejo in their meeting. The College Education Department would be responsible for monitoring the online test which will be conducted across the province at the same time.
A regular marks sheet will be issued to the students and those securing positions will be awarded prizes and scholarships.
Narejo told The Express Tribune that the College Education Department would introduce the online self-assessment system soon. "Now students will take test of each subject to evaluate their ability. This will help them prepare well for their annual exams," he added. "This test will be conducted through SECCAP website."
The test will be designed by the College Education Department. "Class timetable of teachers, academic plans, and how much course they have covered will be made available online and linked with this test system," Rashid Ahmad Khoso, Deputy Director of Colleges, Sindh, told The Express Tribune.
"This will be a testing system of international level which will be monitored through various online apps," he added.
Narejo, meanwhile, added that the Sindh Colleges Department has given scholarships to 5,000 deserving students at the university level. The problem of teachers' recruitment has also been resolved with the Sindh Public Service Commission, he added.
"More than 3,000 teachers will be recruited; of which, orders of 1,500 have been approved in the first phase, while the remaining teachers will be recruited in the second phase," he added. "This will help overcome shortage of subject teachers in the colleges."
Published in The Express Tribune, February 26th, 2023.