PESHAWAR: The Education Department of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government has announced to promote students of grade ninth, tenth, eleventh and twelfth of private and public educational institutions without giving exams.

The National Coordination Committee has approved cancellation of exams from class-9 to class-12 owing to COVID-19 pandemic. The chairmen of educational boards of KP have finalized a draft policy, which has been approved, for promotion of students.

The students will be awarded marks on notional basis. The students of grade 9^th and 11^th may be promoted to grade 10^th and 12^th respectively. The students who would be promoted to grade 10^th and 12^th may not take a composite exam in 2021. Thus, they will not be taking grade 9^th and 11^th exam but only of grade 10^th and 12^th. The grade 9^th and 11^th scores will be calculated based on their grade 10^th and 12^th performance in 2021. They will also get additional 3 percent marks to their total based on the previous exam.

The remaining students appearing in grade 10^th and 12^th exams who have failed up to 40 percent of the grade 9^th and 11^th subjects may be awarded passing marks. However, such students may not be given the benefit of 3 percent additional marks.

A special exam may be held for the people not satisfied with the marks awarded to them for grade 10^th/ 12^th on the basis of their grade 9^th/ 11^th result and want to improve by taking exams.

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