IBCC during the 183rd IBCC Forum meeting held in Karachi.

The meeting, jointly hos

ted by the Inter Boards Coordination Commission (IBCC) and the Board of Intermediate Education Karachi, marked several significant milestones. The Forum approved the new Unified National Grading System to be enforce

d from the 2026 examinations and directed all provinces to announce it in a timely manner.

Participants discussed the restructuring of SSC and HSSC academic groups to offer greater multidisciplinary subject choices and welcomed the landmark decision granting A-Level students equivalence within their chosen HSSC group, irrespective of their O-Level stream. The Forum highly appreciated IBCC’s ongoing reforms in promoting conceptual and critical-thinking-based assessments, capacity-building of master trainers, and nationwide digital transformation, reinforcing the collective commitment of Pakistan’s examination boards to transparent and future-ready education systems.