The government has decided to promote all the school students in the federal capital who study in grades I to IV, VI, and VII without exams, it said this Sunday from impeccable sources.
The Ministry of Education has given the go-ahead for student promotion, while grades V and VIII students are required to take exams for promotion to another class.
The exams are only carried out for pupils in grades 5 and 8 by the decision of the federal government.
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Officials familiar with the development added that the relevant authorities had received a summary from the Federal Director-General for Education.
Students in state schools will be promoted to the next grade based on the grades they have achieved in the last year, the sources said. Grades 1 through 8 students were promoted based on last year’s exams, which resulted in 90% of students passing.
The government has approved the resumption of face-to-face teaching and students in grades 1 to 8 will return to schools in Islamabad from Monday (tomorrow).
According to a report, Pakistan saw a drop in coronavirus cases in the federal capital, prompting the National Command and Operations Center (NCOC) to give the go-ahead for face-to-face teaching. There are already classes for grades 9-10.
