Staff Reporter :
The Primary Education Completion (PEC) and Ebtedayee Examinations for the fifth graders began across the country on Sunday.
The two and a half hour-long tests started at 10:30 am and ended at 1 pm.
A total of 27,77,270 students are appearing in the examinations of which 12,78,000 students are male and 14,98,000 are female.
The primary school completion exams are also being held at 12 overseas centres.
This year 2,804,509 are taking part in their PEC examinations, while 291,566 are sitting for the
Ebtedayee examinations. Last year, the number of candidates were 3,230,288. In 2015, the number was 2,254,514.
The number of this year’s examinees is 23,472 more than that of last year.
On the first day of the examinations, students of both PEC and Ebtedayee appeared for the English paper.
This year 2,953 special needs candidates are taking part in the PEC examinations, while 379 signed for the Ebdetayee examinations. They will be given 20 extra minutes to complete the examinations.
This time, there is no MCQ type question in the examination covering total 600 marks for six subjects.
The PEC examinations are consisted of 100pc creative and competency-based questions from this year.
In 2017, the PEC exam was held with 80pc competency-based questions while it was 65pc in 2016.
The PEC exams began in 2009 followed by the Ebtedayee examinations a year later. A grade-based system was implemented in 2011.
The exams were initially 2-hour long, increased by half an hour in 2013.
Last year the 64 districts were divided into eight regions and eight sets of question papers were distributed among them in an effort to curb the question leaks.
The Primary Education Completion (PEC) and Ebtedayee Examinations for the fifth graders began across the country on Sunday.
The two and a half hour-long tests started at 10:30 am and ended at 1 pm.
A total of 27,77,270 students are appearing in the examinations of which 12,78,000 students are male and 14,98,000 are female.
The primary school completion exams are also being held at 12 overseas centres.
This year 2,804,509 are taking part in their PEC examinations, while 291,566 are sitting for the
Ebtedayee examinations. Last year, the number of candidates were 3,230,288. In 2015, the number was 2,254,514.
The number of this year’s examinees is 23,472 more than that of last year.
On the first day of the examinations, students of both PEC and Ebtedayee appeared for the English paper.
This year 2,953 special needs candidates are taking part in the PEC examinations, while 379 signed for the Ebdetayee examinations. They will be given 20 extra minutes to complete the examinations.
This time, there is no MCQ type question in the examination covering total 600 marks for six subjects.
The PEC examinations are consisted of 100pc creative and competency-based questions from this year.
In 2017, the PEC exam was held with 80pc competency-based questions while it was 65pc in 2016.
The PEC exams began in 2009 followed by the Ebtedayee examinations a year later. A grade-based system was implemented in 2011.
The exams were initially 2-hour long, increased by half an hour in 2013.
Last year the 64 districts were divided into eight regions and eight sets of question papers were distributed among them in an effort to curb the question leaks.
