The Sindh government has abolished ‘numbers system’ in all education boards of the province, reported 24NewsHD TV channel on Tuesday.
According to Sindh Universities Minister Ismail Rahu, the government gave approval of new grading system for matriculation and inter and students scoring less than 40 percent marks will be considered failed.
Approval has been given to abolish the old number system prevalent for examination results in education boards and implement a new ‘grading system’ of international standards.
This important decision has been taken in light of the policy decisions taken by the Inter Board Coordination Commission (IBCC) at the federal level.
The new grading system will be implemented in phases across the province.
It will be started with the first annual examinations of 9th and 11th (SSC-I / HSSC-I) in the current year 2026.
While it will also be applied to the annual examinations of 10th and 12th (SSC-II / HSSC-II) in the year 2027.
Now, instead of marks, the performance of students will be divided into the following grades.
A Double Plus (A++) will be 96 percent to 100 percent, while A Plus (A+) 91 percent to 95 percent.
A (A) 86 percent to 90 percent, while B Double Plus (B++) will be 81 percent to 85 percent.
B Plus (B+): 76 percent to 80 percent, while B (B): 71 percent to 75 percent, the Provincial Minister.
C Plus (C+) 61 percent to 70 percent, while C (C) will be 51 percent to 60 percent.
D (D) 40 percent to 50 percent will be emerging.
U (U) grade as less than 40 percent will be considered failed or undergrade.
Under the new policy, the minimum passing marks have been set at 40 percent.
Students who score less than 40 percent in any paper will be declared ‘U’ i.e. ‘ungraded’.
However, such students will be given the opportunity to improve their performance by re-taking the same paper.
The aim of this system is to bring uniformity among education boards across the country.
After the full implementation of this system in all boards, the GPA system will also be introduced in the future.
The Sindh government has formally approved this new policy.
Reporter: Rabil Sadeed