The government has decided to promote all the students of grades 10 and 12 to the next classes, reported 24News HD TV channel on Monday.

The decision was made at the Inter-Provincial Education Ministers Conference (IPEMC) chaired by Federal Education Minister Shafqat Mahmood.

The conference adopted the educational policy formulated in the wake of coronavirus.

The sources said that the students below 33 percent marks will be awarded passing marks.

The conference decided that all the students of class X and XII would be passed as it was not possible to immediately take exams due to the current situation of coronavirus.

The sources said the conference decided that the Matriculation and Intermediate examinations would be conducted twice a year. 

The matriculation examinations will be held in May and June next year, while the new session will start from August.