The Punjab Examination Commission is an important and self-governing body established under the Punjab Education Department. The main objective of which is to introduce a systematic system of assessment to assess the academic achievements of the students of class I to VIII and to inform the policy makers by making recommendations for the improvement of education based on it.
In 2020, the assessment of class V was done in accordance with the School Based Assessment under the Assessment Policy Frame Work issued by the Punjab Government. This year in 2021, it has been decided to conduct the assessment of class I to VIII according to the school based assessment. In this process, PEC will provide Item Bank for questions with the help of which schools will prepare papers for assessment of children.
Standard Operating Procedures.
- Mode of assessment of the academic session 2020-21 is 50% weightage for Homework and 50% weightage for MCQ based paper.
- Assessment for Grade I & II (English, Math, General Knowledge and Urdu) will be Oral and instruments will be provided by the PEC.
- Item bank of 100 items per subject for Grade III to VIII of all core subjects (English, Maths, Science, Urdu, Computer Science, History & Geography and Islamiat/Ethics) will be provided by PEC.
- Assessment of remaining / optional subjects will be prepared and conducted by school itself.
- Each MCQ paper will be of 25 items having 2 marks for each item with duration of 60 minutes (in multiple sessions daily if needed) as per SoPs of Covid-19 issued by Govt. of the Punjab.
- Date sheet for SBA will be issued by the Head Teacher of the School as per above mentioned schedule.
- Punjab Examination Commission will establish a Control Room at provincial level for coordination / facilitation to District Education Authorities
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