QAT exam to start from Feb 2

Rawalpindi: The Punjab Education Foundation (PEF) has issued tentative schedule of its annually held 15th Quality Assurance Test (QAT) for the private schools partnering under Foundation Assisted School (FAS) programme of free education for the deserving students in Punjab.
According to the schedule, QAT exam will start from Feb 2 and will conclude on Feb 19. As many as 2,355 FAS partnering schools will take part in it.
Meanwhile, 8th QAT of private schools partnering under Subject Based Support Programme (SBSP) will be held between Jan 29 to Jan 30. Similarly, 13th QAT of private schools partnering under Education Voucher Scheme (EVS) and 10th QAT of New School Programme (NSP) will be held between Feb 24 to March 3. The purpose of this exercise is to determine the academic standards of the partner schools.