Inter Boards Coordination Commission – IBCC 𝐎𝐫𝐠𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐳𝐞𝐬 𝐎𝐧𝐞-𝐃𝐚𝐲 𝐀𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐒𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐫 𝐨𝐧 “𝐑𝐞𝐝𝐞𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐄𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧: 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐑𝐨𝐭𝐞 𝐋𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐀𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭”

The Inter Boards Coordination Commission – IBCC organized a one-day awareness seminar on the theme “𝐑𝐞𝐝𝐞𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐄𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧: 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐑𝐨𝐭𝐞 𝐋𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐀𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭” in Bahawalpur. The seminar saw the active participation of educationists, teachers, policymakers, representatives of examination boards, university faculty members, and students from across the country.

The objective of the seminar was to move away from the traditional rote learning system and promote modern, research-based, conceptual, and critical thinking education, along with presenting practical recommendations for improving the assessment system.

Dr. Ghulam Ali Mallah, Executive Director IBCC, in his address stated that, “𝘐𝘮𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘗𝘢𝘬𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯’𝘴 𝘦𝘥𝘶𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘴𝘺𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘮 𝘪𝘴 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘪𝘧 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘴𝘺𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘮 𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘰𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘯 𝘱𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘦𝘴. 𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘳𝘦𝘲𝘶𝘪𝘳𝘦𝘴 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘶𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘧𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘥𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘭𝘰𝘱𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘦𝘯𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘤𝘢𝘱𝘢𝘤𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴.”

Prof Dr. Shazia Anjum, VC The Government Sadiq College Women University Bahawalpur Pakistan, emphasized “𝘊𝘰𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘱𝘵𝘶𝘢𝘭 𝘦𝘥𝘶𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘳. 𝘐𝘵 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘥𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘭𝘰𝘱𝘴 𝘴𝘵𝘶𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴’ 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘶𝘢𝘭 𝘢𝘣𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘢𝘭𝘴𝘰 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝘵𝘰 𝘧𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭-𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘴. 𝘛𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘮𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘣𝘦 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘵, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘶𝘢𝘭 𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘴.”

Malik Ishtiaq Ahmed Rajwana, Vice Chancellor Nawaz Sharif University, remarked “𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘶𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘗𝘢𝘬𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯’𝘴 𝘦𝘥𝘶𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘤𝘩, 𝘤𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘰𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘺, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢 𝘱𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨. 𝘊𝘶𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘶𝘭𝘶𝘮 𝘥𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘭𝘰𝘱𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘢 𝘣𝘢𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘭𝘰𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘥𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘨𝘭𝘰𝘣𝘢𝘭 𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘴.”

Mr. Muhammad Zahid Mian, Controller of Examinations, Punjab Boards Committee of Chairman, stated “𝘖𝘶𝘳 𝘤𝘶𝘳𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘦𝘹𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘴𝘺𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘮 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘱𝘴 𝘴𝘵𝘶𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘢 𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘴, 𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘶𝘢𝘭 𝘨𝘳𝘰𝘸𝘵𝘩. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘐𝘉𝘊𝘊’𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘤𝘶𝘴 𝘰𝘯 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘮𝘰𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘱𝘵𝘶𝘢𝘭 𝘦𝘥𝘶𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘸𝘦𝘭𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘱 𝘵𝘰𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘴.”

Prof Dr. Naeem Khalid, Director Cantab Publisher, added “𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘶𝘤𝘤𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘧𝘶𝘭 𝘵𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘰𝘥𝘢𝘺 𝘪𝘴 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘤𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘴 𝘲𝘶𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘴, 𝘦𝘯𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘴 𝘤𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘴 𝘴𝘵𝘶𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘧𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭-𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘴. 𝘛𝘦𝘤𝘩𝘯𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘨𝘺-𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘱𝘦𝘥𝘢𝘨𝘰𝘨𝘺 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘶𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘧𝘶𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦-𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘺 𝘦𝘥𝘶𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯.”

Chief Guest, Mian Muhammad Kazim Pirzada, Minister for Irrigation, Government of Punjab, said “𝘕𝘰𝘸 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘣𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘶𝘵𝘥𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘳𝘰𝘵𝘦 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘺𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘮 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘰𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘱𝘵𝘶𝘢𝘭 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨. 𝘖𝘶𝘳 𝘧𝘰𝘤𝘶𝘴 𝘮𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘧𝘵 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘮𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘻𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘩𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘬𝘪𝘭𝘭-𝘣𝘶𝘪𝘭𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨. 𝘌𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘦𝘤𝘩𝘯𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘴𝘬𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘴 𝘮𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘨𝘰 𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘦𝘥𝘶𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯.”
He praised the IBCC’s efforts toward educational reforms, stating that such initiatives will play a pivotal role in making the education system more modern and effective.

A panel discussion was also held during the seminar, moderated by Professor Dr. Areeba Khan, where educationists participated, including: Professor Dr. Saeed Ahmed Buzdar, Professor Dr. Rubina Bhatti, Professor Dr. Irshad Hussain, Mr. Hameed Saeed, Sheikh Muhammad Akram.

The panelists thoroughly discussed the flaws in the current education and assessment system and explored various practical ways for reform. They unanimously emphasized that educational reforms cannot be achieved through curriculum change alone — a collaborative approach involving teachers, parents, policymakers, and students is essential to building a truly effective system.

At the conclusion of the seminar, participants reiterated the importance of collective efforts and coordination among all stakeholders for meaningful and lasting change in Pakistan’s education system.