In a favorable development for matriculation and intermediate students, the Sindh High Court (SHC) has rejected the review plea filed by educational boards against its previous order preventing them from collecting fees from candidates.
The two-member SHC bench upheld its decision, prohibiting educational boards from collecting examination and certificate fees from matriculation and intermediate students. Despite the legal team’s request to allow fee collection, Judges Iqbal Kalhoro and Arbab Ali reaffirmed the exemption for students.
The court cited the Sindh government’s 2017 announcement of free education up to the intermediate level and the allocation of funds for examinations and certificates. The Assistant Advocate General assured the court that the provincial government would release the necessary funds to the boards.
Concurrently, a significant number of intermediate students are protesting what they perceive as ‘unfair marking.’ The protest has extended to the submission of scrutiny forms at the Board of Intermediate Education Karachi (BIEK), where candidates dissatisfied with their exam results are being charged Rs400 for scrutiny of each subject. Amid the ongoing protest, a committee has been established to investigate the matter, and the submission of scrutiny forms will continue until February 12.
