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AKU-EB facilitates Higher Education Commission’s Assessment and Testing workshops in Quetta and Peshawar

As part of its ongoing collaboration with the Higher Education Commission (HEC) of Pakistan, Aga Khan University Examination Board facilitated “Master Trainers’ Workshops on Assessment and Testing for the I m plementation of Semester System in Higher Education Institutions of Pakistan ” throughout the month of November 2009.

Held in Quetta and Peshawar , these workshops were attended by Academics from various universities and diverse faculties. In the introductory session participants were keen on emphasizing the need for a curriculum which is less prescriptive in its detail but with an increased focus on the depth of understanding rather than the breadth of content. Similarly they were of the view that assessment should be designed in such a way to enable faculty members and students to analyze student learning and identify their strengths and weaknesses, thereby encouraging effective planning for their future management of student progress.

AKU-EB’s Assessment Experts (see HEC List of Resource Persons ), along with Mr. Muhammad Junaid, Assistant Direct o r Learning and Innovation HEC, provided insight on the importance of designing appropriate assessment tools through interactive hands-on sessions on constructing quality Multiple Choice, Constructed Response and Essay type questions.

Various other forms of assessment such as objective type tests, case studies and portfolios were also presented and discussed with the provision of supplementary reading material to highlight the wide range of possibilities available to measure the skills required of university graduates.

Chief Guests and Speakers at the workshops included Ms Shama Parveen Magsi, Minister for Information & Technology-Balochistan; Mr . Fida Hussein and Mr. Anwarullah, Regional Directors, HEC; Mr. Marawat, Vice Chancellor, University of Peshawar ; and Mr. Nasir Jamal Khatak, Head, Institute of Special Training, Peshawar .

These sessions provide a valuable platform to AKU-EB Assessment specialists to understand and share ideas on not only improving assessment at the tertiary level but also to look at ways to enable its students to make a successful transition to post-compulsory education and training.

AKU-EB works with District Examination Committees to improve Middle School Examinations in Sindh and Balochistan

Aga Khan University Examination Board facilitated workshops on Post-Examination Analysis throughout November in both Quetta and Hyderabad, as part of the ED-Links: Links to Learning project to support District Education Offices and District Examination Committees in understanding and implementing national standards for exam construction and marking at the Middle School level.

In Pakistan student performance at the Middle School level is measured through annual examinations in school; however Middle School annual examinations are unexplored as far as their standards, validity and reliability are concerned. Education policies and reports focus on student attainment rate, neglecting criteria for student achievement and the credibility of annual exams as a measurement of student performance.

The Post-Examination Analysis workshops aimed to stimulate discussion on marking practices and areas of improvement by analyzing 2008 examination papers and comparing them to the standards required under the current National Curriculum. Using AKU-EB’s advanced e-Marking system, a sample of scripts of 2008 examinations from 22 districts in Sindh and Balochistan was marked and analyzed for classes 6, 7 and 8 in Math, English and Science.

The analysis will help prepare the District Education Officials to align Middle School examinations with Secondary School Certificate examinations, where the National Curriculum 2006 is expected to be implemented in 2011 by the local Boards of Intermediate and Secondary Examinations.

AKU-EB announced SSC-2009 results

AKU-EB result: Shahwilayat Public School positions
Karachi, July 08: The Aga Khan University Examination Board (AKU-EB) has announced results for SSC-I and II examinations, 2009, which were conducted in a total of twenty-two cities across Pakistan.

The first, second and third positions were bagged by Arsalanuddin of Shahwilayat Public School (91.36 per cent), Sabica Fatima of Habib Girls School(91.27pc) and Raaza Malia of Tameer-e-Millat School, Mianwalli (91.0pc) respectively. According to the AKU-EB, 17.3 per cent candidates secured grade A-1, while 29.5pc earned Grade A. The pass percentage of the candidates has shot up from last year’s 79.9pc to 87.1pc this year.

The results of the SSC examinations are also available online on AKU-EB’s website http://www.aku.edu/akueb/onlineresults.shtml. The News

AKU-EB Based Research

• Response to Establishment of Private Examination Board

• A New ICT Syllabus

• IAEA Annual Conference 2004
• IAEA Annual Conference 2005 (Abstract for Rote Memo)
• Public Examination Papers

AKU-EB first SSC exams: Girls take top positions

KARACHI, Sept 14: Aga Khan University Examination Board (AKU-EB) celebrated the success of the best performing students in its first SSC Composite Examinations in a ceremony held here on Thursday.

This first awards event of AKU-EB was well attended by dignitaries from the education sector, principals of AKU-EB affiliated schools, the award winning students and their parents.

Top performing students in the SSC examinations were Sakina Aijaz Hussain from Al Murtaza School, Karachi, who achieved the overall first position with a percentage of 90.71.

She was followed by Mehwish Azher Javed from FFC Grammar School, Mirpur Mathelo and Lubna Essa from ETN High School, Karachi as joint second position holders with passing percentages of 89.06 each, and Muhammad Sheraz Ahmed who secured third position from Tameer-e-Millat School, Mianwali with 88.71 percentage. In addition to shields and certificates, these candidates were awarded cash prizes worth Rs 70,000. A total of 34 awards were presented to the best performing students, from schools across Pakistan.

The Chief Guest, Senator Roshan Bharucha, congratulated the students for their exceptional performance in an examination which places greater emphasis on the understanding and application of knowledge and aims to re-orient students away from rote learning and selective study. She appreciated the efforts of AKU-EB for its contribution towards improving the standards of education at the Senior Secondary School level by providing extensive teacher training workshops and inclusive school development initiatives.

Ambassador Saidullah Khan Dehlavi, Chairman, Board of Trustees of Aga Khan University appreciated the efforts of students, parents, schools and teachers for taking up the challenge of the first AKU-EB examinations. Ambassador Dehlavi also noted AKU-EB’s memberships of the International Association for Educational Assessment (IAEA) and the Association of Commonwealth Examination and Accreditation Bodies (ACEAB).

AKU-EB offers a financially affordable examination system as an alternative to the examination boards in the public sector and is in accordance with the government’s policy to introduce an independent examining body through public-private partnership. It intends to enhance public confidence in SSC and HSSC through a transparent and trustworthy examination system. The Nation