BSEK team visits examination centres
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During the ongoing annual Secondary School Certificate (SSC) part II, a vigilance team of Board of Secondary Education Karachi (BSEK) headed by Chairman Matriculation Board Syed Sharaf Ali Shah, visited HB Malik Secondary School centre in Federal B Area on Thursday.
The team expressed satisfaction with the arrangements made by the school's superintendent and teachers.
At the examination centre, the English (Paper II) examination was conducted in the morning shift, while the afternoon shift included Civics Paper I, Science Paper I, History of India and Pakistan Paper I, Diet and Nutrition Theory Paper I, and Computer Studies.
The team caught 10 candidates in Lyari, Shah Faisal, and Korangi centres cheating. In addition, four students from Government Boys Secondary School, three from The Falcon House Grammar School in Shah Faisal Colony, and three from New Romi Secondary School Korangi were caught cheating during the morning shift.
During the visit, Chairman Board Syed Sharaf Ali Shah directed the superintendents of all examination centres to perform their duties with dignity. He said, it is the responsibility of the teachers at each examination centre to identify facilitators and verify the presence of all candidates to avoid any unfair means.
O, A levels papers cancelled
Meanwhile, the British Council has cancelled the O and A level exams to be held on May 12 in the view of the ongoing political crisis in the country.
Speaking to The Express Tribune, Director Cambridge University Press and Assessment Pakistan Uzma Yusuf Kantari said, "We do not want to put the students in any trouble. Therefore, the exams have been cancelled so that the teachers and students remain safe in the current circumstances."
She said that due to the cancellation of papers, average marking of the results of the papers of these subjects will now be done and the result will be released on the basis of the other papers conducted in the same subject.
Published in The Express Tribune, May 12th, 2023.