KARACHI: Board of Intermediate Education Karachi (BIEK) has devised strategy to facilitate Cambridge system A-level students who have failed their examinations, ensuring that their academic year is not wasted.

Under this plan, failure A-level students will have opportunity to appear for XI and XII examinations administered by BIEK both years simultaneously. Inter Boards Committee of Chairmen (IBCC) has been requested to consider allowing A-level students to switch to BIEK system.

Strict policies of Cambridge necessitate that students failing A-levels seek permission from IBCC to save their academic year. If proposal is approved, students will be able to take 12 papers of Inter Board examinations simultaneously, preventing any year gap. Proposal will be presented at IBCC forum for consideration.

In response to changing educational landscape, BIEK has also introduced an app to align curriculum with international standards. Additionally, BIEK has announced implementation of e-marking for first time this year, specifically for commerce students in Class XI, both private and regular. However, practical exams will require proper laboratory facilities.

Suggestion will be made at IBCC forum to introduce e-marking for commerce students in their first year. Board has already issued tender for this purpose. Hybrid system will continue to be employed and board aims to introduce e-marking initially for smaller faculty with low enrollment, enabling them to gain experience in scanning and cropping processes within Board premises.

Question papers will be sent to examiners, ensuring transparency and faster result processing. If experiment proves successful, e-marking will be expanded to all faculties from following year.

Published in The Daily National Courier, May, 26 2023

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