Peshawar High Court (PHC) has ordered the Controller of Examinations at the Peshawar Board to produce the biology paper of a ninth-grade student who received zero marks in the subject, after the student challenged the result in court.
A two-member bench comprising Justice Ejaz Anwar and Justice Babar Sattar heard the petition filed by student Abdul Moeez Khan against the Peshawar Board over his biology theory paper. The bench directed the board to bring the paper before the court at the next hearing.
The petitioners lawyer, Aminur Rehman Yousafzai Advocate, told the court that the student had secured an A-one grade overall in his ninth-grade examinations. He said the student scored 23 out of 25 marks in the biology MCQs and practical components, but was awarded zero marks in the biology theory paper.
The counsel stated that the student had applied for rechecking and had also requested the board to show him his answer sheet, but the board responded that no rules had yet been framed this year regarding showing papers to students.
Yousafzai told the court that his own son studies at the National University of Sciences and Technology, where students are shown their papers after checking so they can review the assessment themselves. The court observed that a similar practice exists internationally, where students are shown their papers once checking is complete.
The petitioners lawyer requested that the court obtain the paper from the education board and examine it directly to resolve the matter. The court agreed, directing the Controller of Examinations at the Peshawar Board to bring the paper for review.
The Controller of Examinations has been ordered to present Abdul Moeez Khans biology paper at the next hearing.
