Karachi: The Intermediate Board Karachi has decided to pay assessment fees based on the number of questions starting from 2025.
Chairman of the Intermediate Board Karachi, Zulfiqar Shah, announced that from 2025, assessment fees for intermediate exams will be based on the number of questions rather than per paper.
This decision is aligned with the new assessment system.
An introductory seminar was held at the Adamjee Institute to discuss the introduction of e-marking and Optical Mark Recognition (OMR) systems in the upcoming intermediate annual exams from 2025.
Speaking at the seminar and addressing the media, Chairman Zulfiqar Shah explained that with the new grading system and OMR assessment system being implemented in Karachi and Sindh from 2025, the Intermediate Board Karachi has decided to compensate teachers based on the number of questions assessed rather than per paper.
He noted that a similar system has been successfully implemented in Islamabad.
This change is expected to benefit teachers and encourage those who previously avoided checking exam papers due to low assessment fees to participate.
Shah emphasized that teachers who teach at colleges, prepare exam papers, and assess scripts face the challenges of the examination board.
Teachers will need to move away from formula-based marking and assess scripts with a free mind.
He also highlighted that formula-based marking often disadvantages bright students, leading to dissatisfaction with the exam and assessment system.
If college teachers do not abandon formula-based marking, it will not be accommodated in the new assessment system.
Shah pointed out that the current exam papers confuse students. For instance, students from a college in Lyari and Adamjee College are given the same paper, despite the fact that students from Lyari colleges often have limited access to qualified teachers.
This discrepancy raises concerns about how students from Lyari can solve the same paper as those from Adamjee College.
The seminar also featured a speech by Roman Ijaz Malik, who is working on examination reforms in Sindh’s educational boards.
The seminar was organized with the cooperation of the Sindh Professors and Lecturers Association and the Sindh Secondary School Improvement Project.