A special software has been developed for online marking across educational boards nationwide and the e-marking system has been implemented.
According to sources under a pilot project this year online marking will be carried out for computer examination papers.
The Inter Board Coordination Committee has made it mandatory for all educational boards to implement the e-marking system.
IBCC officials said that the special software developed for the pilot project has been provided free of cost to all educational boards.
After the successful completion of the pilot phase marking of all examination papers will be conducted online under the e-marking system to improve transparency and the overall quality of results.
Govt to train teachers for new E-marking system
In separate development the government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwan set to train teachers on e-marking in educational boards.
In this regard, the Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education (BISE) Swat will also design training workshops in different educational boards in the province.
This is meant to equip the marking rubrics that will be used to assess examination papers on e-marking system and improve the professional capacity of teachers.
In this regard, nomination of experienced teachers of respective subjects has been sought in each board by way of a formal letter that has been sent to the Chairman of the Peshawar Board.
To ensure that e-marking is implemented effectively in Physics, Chemistry and English subjects it will be done in phases through workshops.
These workshops will involve lecturers, Senior Subject Teachers, Headmasters, and Assistant Professors in various boards such as Swat, Abbottabad, Peshawar, Mardan, Malakand and Bannu among others.
Out of the Swat Board, 15 teachers have been proposed on Physics, Chemistry, and English.
On the same note, 15 teachers have been nominated by Abbottabad Board and 15 teachers have been nominated by Peshawar Board to the three subjects.
Some of the teachers in Mardan and Malakand Boards have also been incorporated in the training process.
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