Over 10,000 5th and 8th class students yet to receive roll number slips

Okara, More than 10,000 candidates of class 5 and 8 yet to receive their roll number slips due to inconsistencies in the Punjab Examination Commission (PEC) working while the exams are scheduled to be held from Feb 1 to 7 in Punjab for grade 5 and 8.

Around 100,000 candidates of both public and private schools will appear in the examinations in Okara at 230 examination centres. Due to this situation it seems that candidates may miss the exam.

According to the Parents, schools had sent the admission forms of these students to the PEC office in September, 2012. Later, the PEC confirmed the data of students in December, 2012, which the school administrations found defective. The PEC authorities could not issue roll number slips to 10,000 candidates while those who got the slips were filled with wrong entries such as name, father’s name, date of birth and venue of examination centres.

The PEC has also made examination centres to candidates far from their home towns.

A class five candidate, Muhammad Saqib of Okara city will have to travel to village Jethpur, 60 kilomteres from the Okara city, to take the examination.

Roll number slips of class 5 and 8 for annual exams have been sent at the school addresses, according to the district education officer at Khanewal.

He further said that students of Kabirwala tehsil can collect roll number slips from the Government High School, Kabirwala, students of Khanewal tehsil can get slips from the Government Model High School, Khanewal, students of Mian Channu tehsil can get from the Government Model High School, Mian Channu, and of Jahanian tehsil can collect from the Government High School, Jahanian.

He further explained that roll number slips had also been emailed to 138 high and higher secondary schools and students can obtain the print of their roll number slips from these schools. If they got any error in their roll number slips, they can submit written applications till January 25.

Punjab examination commission (PEC) is an authoritative body responsible for conducting 5th class examinations. PEC is set up by the Government of Punjab for conducting examinations for 5th grade in the Punjab province. It conducts exams for assessment of students by their schools and respective boards.