KP CM directs ETEA to make exam process more transparent

PESHAWAR: Chief Minister Pervez Khattak has directed the Education Testing Evaluation Agency (ETEA) for making more transparent the process of examination and ensuring efficient services to the students in the examination halls.

He approved the plan for the holding of ETEA test in Mardan, Kohat, Chakdarra, Abbottabad and other divisional headquarters in addition to Peshawar in order to minimise the expenditure of the students coming from far-flung areas of the province.

He was presiding over the 27th board of governors meeting of ETEA at Chief Minister’s House Peshawar, said a handout. Provincial Minister for Higher Education Mushtaq Ghani, head of ETEA and administrative secretaries of health and education along with members attended the meeting.

The meeting approved the recommendations of the previous meeting. The meeting was informed about previous decisions of the Board of Governors meeting, its implementation strategy, the earning and spending of ETEA.

The meeting was briefed about the preparation for the entry test to engineering and medical colleges and the results announcement within 25 hours. The chief minister directed for efficient services in the whole process of examination to candidates for engineering and medical colleges.