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INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION GUIDE for the assessment of education from the Islamic Republic of Pakistan
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Document Format
Document format varies by examining board and
time period.
• Documents are mostly issued in English, but may also
be in Urdu.
• They should bear the insignia of the examining board
and the signature of the official in charge, such as the
controller of examinations or the secretary.
• There are often two documents: the degree certificate
and a marks sheet (also called marks statement, marks
card, marks certificate, and so on).
• The reverse side of the documents may contain
additional information, such as examination
regulations and the grading scale.
The certificate may include some or all of the following
information:
• issuing body
• name and year of the examination
• name of the candidate
• program studied (for example, academic or vocational
stream of higher secondary education)
• group or stream of subjects (for example, humanities
or science)
• compulsory and elective or vocational subjects passed
• total marks obtained and maximum total marks (for
example, 724 out of 1100)
• marks for individual subjects
• overall achievement in terms of division, grade or class
(for example, a grade of B)
The marks sheet may include some of the above
information, but should provide details about individual
subjects, such as marks obtained (theory and practical),
minimum pass marks and maximum marks. Depending
on the year and the examining board, the SSC and HSC
examinations may be either composite (conducted at the
end of the two-year study period) or partwise (conducted at
the end of each year).
Refer to Appendix U for sample Secondary School
Certificates and Higher Secondary Certificates.