Education Minister directs to digitise exam board data

ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Education and Professional Training Shafqat Mehmood has directed the Inter Board Committee of Chairmen (IBCC) and the National IT Board to digitise exam board data for the ease of students.

In a tweet, the education ministry wrote, “On the policy directions of Education Minister, the Secretary IBCC met Chief Executive National IT Board and decided to digitise manual records and create a central repository of data of all examination boards to facilitate students for online verification.”

On the policy directions of Minister for Federal Education @Shafqat_Mahmood the Secretary IBCC met Chief Executive National IT Board and decided to digitize manual record &create a central repository of data of all examination boards to facilitate students for online verification pic.twitter.com/WHTFBl0TrE

— Ministry of Federal Education/ProfessionalTraining (@EduMinistryPK) January 17, 2021

Earlier in November 2020, Secretary IBCC, Dr. Ghulam Ali Mallah, called on Shafqat Mehmood and informed him of measures to facilitate students. He said that to facilitate students to remit the fee of the IBCC, the number of bank branches has been increased from 280 to 1,400 across Pakistan.

“A courier company has been assigned for collection and return of application for equivalence and attestation of certificates,” he had said. The secretary briefed the minister about IBCC and informed him that IBCC will automate all its processes to ensure transparency and improve efficiency in service delivery.