BISE jacks up examination fees

Parents, school associations reject sudden hike, demand relief

RAWALPINDI:

All nine examination boards of Punjab, including the Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education Rawalpindi (BISE), have announced a hike in fees for the annual examinations, starting from March 1, 2024.

According to the notification, the matric certificate fee has been increased from Rs550 to Rs700, accompanied by additional charges for development, scholarship, and sports funds, along with an elevated processing fee for the admission form. The increased fees come into effect immediately, and the schedule for submission of admission fees has been set from November 15.

As per the education board's notification, the matric certificate fee is now Rs700. Students are required to pay Rs200 for the development fund, Rs80 for the scholarship fund, Rs100 for the sports fee, and Rs530 for the processing fee, in addition to the original fee.

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The admission form fee has been raised to Rs100. For regular science group students in classes 9th and 10th, the fee is Rs1,400, while arts group students with practicals will also pay Rs1,400. General group students will be charged Rs1,300. Private students, on the other hand, will pay Rs1,500 for the science group, Rs 1,500 for the arts group with practicals, and Rs1,400 for the general group.

Consequently, the total admission fee for regular science group students will be Rs3,110, the same as for regular arts group students including practicals, while regular arts group students will pay a total admission fee of Rs 3,010. Private science group students will incur a total admission fee of Rs3,210, private arts group students with practicals will pay Rs 3,210, and private arts group students will have a total fee of Rs3,110.

The notification further read that the deadline for admission with a single fee is from November 15 to December 12, with double fees applicable from December 13 to December 26. The last date for submission of admission with triple fees is from December 27 to January 3.

 

Published in The Express Tribune, November 16^th, 2023.