Guess papers to be banned in Punjab
* Task force chairman says primary level exams will start next month
RAWALPINDI: The Punjab government would soon ban the sale of examination guess papers and it has computerised primary and middle examinations procedure to improve the education standard.
Punjab Task Force for Elementary Education Chairman Raja Muhammad Anwar stated this while chairing a meeting to review arrangements for holding the elementary and middle examinations here at the Commissioner Office.
The computerised procedure would help eliminate cheating in examinations from the province, he said, adding, more than 2.3 million students would appear in the primary and middle examinations this year starting next month. Anwar said the examinations should highlight bright and intelligent students so they could be awarded scholarships. He said the Punjab Government had established an Endowment Fund for Education with Rs 100 million and 20 percent of this amount had been allocated for the primary education.
He was of the view that the upcoming primary and middle examinations would not only upgrade the students but also the teachers and their divisions.
Punjab Examination Commission Chief Executive Nasim Nawaz told the meeting that six sets of examination papers had been printed to check any chance of leakage. He said to ensure transparency of the answer sheets they would be sent to other divisions for marking. Rawalpindi Commissioner Division Zahid Saeed said all the Executive District Officers (EDOs) of Education should send reports to the concerned police stations to ensure the security arrangements at examination centre.
He directed the District Coordination Officers (DCOs) to depute a policeman, or Civil Defense Volunteer at each of the examination centre, wherever security situation so required. In addition, the school?s security guards and watchmen should also be deputed to protect the examination centre from terrorists. The DCOs, EDOs, DOs of Rawalpindi , Attock, Jhelum, and Chakwal districts, focal persons and officials relating to the education department attended the meeting. app
