The Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education (BISE) Faisalabad has recorded a rise in its Intermediate Part-I results for 2026, with the overall pass rate reaching 61.68 percent, up from 55.74 percent in 2025, as the board moves towards technology-driven on-screen marking, the Associated Press of Pakistan reported via UrduPoint.
Chairman BISE Faisalabad Professor Dr Rana Binyamin shared the details at a press conference at the board’s office, where Secretary Professor Dr Saleem Taqi Shah and Controller of Examinations Professor Rana Atiq-ur-Rehman were also present, the report said.
More than 105,000 candidates appeared in the first-year examinations this year, including over 40,000 boys and more than 60,000 girls. The chairman described the improvement as encouraging, reflecting progress in students’ performance compared with last year.
By group, the pass rate stood at 75 percent in pre-medical, 76 percent in pre-engineering, 57 percent in arts and 61 percent in commerce, according to the report. The highest marks reported were 541 out of 550 in the medical group and 555 out of 570 in the non-medical group, with 542 out of 560 in general science and 549 and 569 out of 600 in arts and commerce respectively.
The board said it is moving towards on-screen marking to enhance transparency, accuracy and quality in the examination system. Under such a system, answer sheets are scanned and examiners mark them on computers, rather than checking physical copies — a change the board says should reduce calculation and marking errors. Training and a mock exercise have already preceded the planned digital system, according to the report summary.
What the reports reviewed do not give is a start date for full rollout, or a date by which students will see the benefit in their own results. The board’s announcement so far describes a plan advancing towards on-screen marking, not a completed switch for all papers — and this report does not present it as one.
Education-related enforcement in Punjab has also been in the news, including a Lahore teacher arrested after allegedly beating a class 7 student, as reported earlier by Nishandahi Media — a reminder that examination reform and classroom conduct are separate issues, even when both concern students’ welfare.
For Faisalabad’s students, the immediate news is the improved result. Whether on-screen marking delivers the transparency it promises will depend on how, and how quickly, the board puts the planned system into practice.
This report follows a Nishandahi Media video on the same subject: https://www.facebook.com/reel/1151980337167560/
