It is authorized with financial and administrative authority to organize, manage, regulate, develop and control intermediate and secondary education in general and accomplish examinations in the institutions affiliated with it.
The institution is administered through a governing body comprising of chairman, members from Parliament, two vice-chancellors, representatives from provincial governments, representative from directorate of military lands, and representative from Ministry of Federal Education among others.[1] Examinations conducted by the Federal Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education (FBISE) are known to be fair and transparent. The education ministry is taking steps in order to improve the quality of other educational boards in Pakistan at par with FBISE.[1]
History
The FBISE was established under the FBISE Act 1975.[2] It is an autonomous body of working under the Ministry of Federal Education and Professional Training.[3] The official website of FBISE was launched on June 7, 2001, and was inaugurated by Mrs. Zobaida Jalal, the Minister for Education[4] The first-ever online result of FBISE was announced on 18 August 2001.[5] As of August 2004, 270 institutions were affiliated at the HSSC level and 545 at the SSC level.[6]
Jurisdiction
The Jurisdiction of the Federal Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education, Islamabad consists of the following:
Secondary School Certificate is further divided into Secondary School Certificate Part-I (SSC-I) and Secondary School Certificate Part-II (SSC-II). SSC-I and SSC-II are often associated with Grade 9 and Grade 10th students.
Higher Secondary School Certificate is further divided into Higher Secondary School Certificate Part-I (HSSC-I) and Higher Secondary School Certificate Part-II (HSSC-II). HSSC-I and HSSC-II are typically associated with Grade 11 and Grade 12th students.
On 6 July 2022 in its 115th BoG Meeting FBISE approved the Technical Education initiative, while on 30 August 2022, the FBISE introduced admission in technical courses at the SSC, HSSC and Diploma of Associate Engineering (DAE) levels.[9]
In 2022, FBISE Changed its examination system from textbook based to conceptual learning or SLOs based. The student can learn the specified topic from anywhere (including internet). The student is not restricted to a particular/specified book or source. He or she can learn the topic from anywhere. Memorizing system was discontinued and from 2022 and onwards examination system were based on SLOs. FBISE conducted the first SLOs based examinations in 2022. SLOs based model question papers along with their solutions were also uploaded on the official FBISE website before examination. As FBISE Changed the examination system between the academic year, students also protested against this. However, SLO based examination system decision was not taken back by FBISE. Chairman FBISE instructed the students regarding SLO based exams and other FBISE Staff also facilitate the students in this regard.
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