LAHORE: Punjab’s education boards launched their e-sheet examination system on Friday, with around 50,000 candidates using the new answer sheets for their Biology paper across the province.
The Lahore Board conducted its first paper under the system for Intermediate Part II candidates sitting the second annual examinations. Muzamil Mahmood, chairman of Punjab’s examination task force, reviewed arrangements during the launch.
E-sheets support on-screen marking, while candidates continue to write their answers on paper. Lahore Board’s published sample answer book provides designated spaces for responses. The reform changes how examiners assess scripts.
Mahmood argued that combining e-sheets and digital marking would help boards process results faster and improve transparency. He also claimed the arrangements would prevent impersonation and false candidate attendance.
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Those statements describe the system’s intended benefits; officials have not yet published results from the first examination conducted under the new arrangements.
Mahmood said the change would also replace conventional recycled-paper answer sheets. His remarks concerned the examination material, rather than an end to handwritten answers.
Earlier Lahore Board notices had required institutional heads to attend awareness sessions on on-screen marking. The training programme covered Chemistry, Biology, Computer Science and Statistics at Intermediate level.
At Friday’s launch, board officials outlined plans to use e-sheets for Computer Science and Statistics examinations later this year.
They also expected on-screen assessment to shorten the wait for results, although the launch account did not provide a confirmed publication date for the Biology results. Mahmood announced that Punjab would extend the e-sheet system to all-subject examinations from 2027.
