There are two main pillars of the School Education Department, one is called Quaid-e-Azam Academy for Educational Development (QAED) and the other is called Punjab Education Commission (PEC). The QAED plays an important role in promoting teachers, training, curriculum developments, research and conducting workshops while the PEC organizes the exams of public school students. In the recent past, PEC used to conduct the examination only for students of grades V and VIII to assess their learning progress.
In 2019, PEC introduced the “Assessment Policy Framework (APF)” and started to evaluate the progress of the students through School Based Assessment (SBA) from grade 1 to grade 8 in the mid of March every year. All the public schools are responsible for generating the papers through Item Bank System (IBS).
Assessment Policy Framework (APF) 2019 also demands SBA at three terminal levels in an academic year. For this purpose, PEC Commission approved the conduct of First-term & Mid-term Assessments along with the end-of-academic-year (terminal) assessment for SBA-2024 and onwards in its 29th meeting held on 27th April 2023. Now the students will be assessed in the month of September, December, and March every year as first-term, mid-term, and final-term assessments respectively. These assessments will help teachers to evaluate and improve the weak learning areas of the students throughout the year.
The approved timeline & test design of these assessments 2023 will be as follow.
| Assessment | 1st Term Assessment | 2nd Term Assessment | 3rd Term Assessment |
| Timeline | 3rd & 4th Week Of September 2023 | 2nd & 3rd Week Of December 2023 | 2nd & 3rd Week Of March 2023 |
Syllabus Coverage:
Item bank will be developed for each term covering the syllabus as per the academic calendar provided by QAED
Provision of Item Bank and Conduct of Assessment:
Item banks will be uploaded on schools’ Id through Item Bank System (IBS) at least one week before each assessment so that all schools may print/photocopies the papers well in time. After the conduct of each assessment, papers will be marked as per keys and rubrics provided along with papers in IBS.
Report cards as per the template provided by PEC will be issued to students after each assessment. It is, therefore, requested to kindly ensure the dissemination of these instructions to all schools (Public & Private) under your jurisdiction for teachers’ information, guidance and preparation of their students for first-term, mid-term and end-of-academic-year assessments.
New Schedule Of School Based Assessment SBA 2023-24
پنجاب ایجوکیشن کمیشن نے 10 اگست 2023 کو پنجاب بھر کے سی ای اوز کو ایک لیٹر جاری کیا ہے جس میں سکول بیسڈ اسسمنٹ کے حوالے سے کچھ ہدایات جاری کی ہیں
اس لیٹر کے مطابق گریڈ 3 سے گریڈ 8 تک کے تمام پبلک سکولوں کے طلباء کی سکول بیسڈ اسسمنٹ جو سال صرف ایک بار مارچ میں ہوا کرتی تھی اب 24-2023 سے سال میں تین بار ہوا کرے گی
اس اسسمنٹ کو فرسٹ ٹرم، سیکنڈ ٹرم اور تھرڈ ٹرم کا نام دیا گیا ہے لیٹر کے مطابق فرسٹ ٹرم کی اسسمنٹ ستمبر کے تیسرے اور چوتھے ہفتے میں ہوا کرے گی۔
سیکنڈ ٹرم کی اسسمنٹ جس کو مڈ ٹرم اسسمنٹ بھی بولا جاتا ہے وہ دسمبر کے دوسرے اور تیسرے ہفتے میں ہوا کرے گی
تھرڈ ٹرم/فائنل ٹرم کی اسسمنٹ ہر سال مارچ کے دوسرے اور تیسرے ہفتے میں ہوا کرے گی۔
اسسمنٹ سے ایک ہفتہ پہلے سکول آئی ڈی پر پیپر بینک آئے گا جس کو اساتذہ اکرام جنریٹ کر کے پرنٹ کروائیں گے
ایک مارکنگ سنٹر قائم کیا جائے گا۔ ہر مضمون کا کم از کم ایک ایگزامینر اور ایک ہیڈ ایگزامینر ہوگا۔
