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Exam / Assessment

Types Of Assessment

 

At BFIS, we recognize that assessment is an integral part of teaching and learning, as it identifies what pupils already know and what their next steps should be. It is used to guide future planning, teaching and curriculum development, whilst informing parents of pupil achievement.

  • Class/ End of units Tests
  • Mid-Term Examination (Terms 1 & 2)
  • End of term examination (Terms 1 & 2)
  • External Examination (Federal & Edexcel Boards)

 

Formative assessments are done on regular basis as teachers observe, monitor and give quality feedback to the students to help them improve their work. End of term summative assessments measure and evaluate the depth of understanding a student has. Students of Matric and FSc are assessed externally by Federal Board Pakistan, whereas IGCSE and IAL students are assessed by Pearson, U.K. In addition to these, the students at BFIS take PISA, TIMSS, and PIRLS exams as well.

 

 Reports

Monthly and Terminal Reports promote and provide:

  • Information for parents
  • Child’s academic achievements
  • Information for the child’s next phase in education
  • An opportunity for further discussion with parents
  • Information for outside agencies
  • Targets for the children

Terminal reports are sent to the parents twice a year. Whereas, formative assessments reports are sent at the end of every month. Reports outline a child’s progress in the core and foundation subjects of the School Curriculum. BFIS aims to have no surprises in the report, as parents are kept regularly informed of progress and any behavioral issues through monthly reports.

 

Overall Assessment (KG & 1-10-IGCSE)

 

Kindergarten assessment is based on the day-to-day performance of the child. A record of individual student attainment and progress is maintained through an on-going system of spaced oral and written activities and parents are regularly apprised of the same. Students progress is tracked on a regular basis.

For 1 to 10 IGCSE there will be TWO term examinations. Academic achievements reports are prepared on the basis of formative & summative assessments which include MCQs, Skills, Class activities & tests, Projects and terminal exams.

Formative and Summative Assessments are conducted to evaluate the teaching learning process.

Formative Assessments – Students are assessed on the basis of Class Participation, Homework, Notebook Maintenance, and Term Project

Summative Assessment – Students are assessed on scheduled written examination conducted in each term

 

Criteria for assessment

The examination / assessment system for the current academic session 2021-22 is

appended below:

Number of Terms: 02 Terms

Break Down of Each Term Percentage:

 

Summative Assessment: 70% (Term Exam)

Formative Assessment: 30% (Homework 10%, Mid Term Test 10%, Term Project10%)

Graded Subjects:

Urdu, Geography and Arabic will be awarded grades in the result card.

  

Overall Assessment (9-13)


Internal Exams
All students of Pakistani stream from years 9 to 12 and students of British stream from years 9 to 13 are assessed internally in two terminal exams. There is formative assessment for these classes but the weightage of these formative assessments is not included in the terminal results.

 

External Exams
9-10 Matric and 11-12 FSc are assessed externally for their final exams by Federal Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education Islamabad. Only the students passing internal exams at this level can qualify for the external exams otherwise they are detained in the same class. To get promotion to next class, the students are required to pass External Exams by Federal Board.

 

Pearson External Tests

BFIS conducts external tests at the end of year 6 and year 9 as part of an external examination in conjunction with Pearson Edexcel Board. The aim of Pearson external tests is to provide a cumulative measure of performance at the end of the primary learning phase identify students’ strengths and weaknesses from test-result analysis provide a statement of achievement for all students.

 

 

RETENTION/ WITH-HOLDING ADMISSION

 

The school may not forward the external examination form of any child who;

  • fails to pass internal examination with required percentage (50%), the school reserves the right to withhold students’ admission form to the Federal board.
  • is found using unfair means during internal examination.
  • in order to get promoted to the next level, passing external examination from Federal Board is compulsory.

 


In British stream, year 11 students appear in Pearson IGCSE exams whereas year 12 students take IAS and year 13 students take IAL exams by Pearson, UK. Only the students passing internal exams at this level can qualify for the external exams otherwise they are detained in the same class. To get promotion to next class, the students are required to pass External Exams by Pearson UK.

 

RETENTION/ WITH-HOLDING ADMISSION

 

The school may not forward the external examination form of any child who;

  • fails to pass internal examination with required percentage (50%), the school reserves the right to withhold students’ admission form to the Edexcel Board.
  • is found using unfair means during internal examination.
  • In order to get promoted to the next level, passing external examination from Edexcel Board is compulsory.

 

PROMOTION POLICY


In consonance with the Ministry of Education requirements, following promotion policy is recommended for promulgation at this institution.

1. A student securing at least 50% in each subject and 50% in aggregate will be promoted to next class.
2. A student must maintain 80% attendance to be eligible to sit in the final exam.
3. Students failing even in one subject are asked to repeat the class.
4. No Retest in any circumstances is conducted for any missed/failed exam by the student.
5. Students must appear in all subjects to qualify for the final exam. No leave is allowed in the exams. Medical leave only on the basis of provision of Medical Certificate from Hamad Hospital is accepted and Academic council decides to grant leave or not.
6. The student missing any term due to approved medical leave as per policy, the following terms are given 50% weightage.