KARACHI – Authorities in Sindh have announced the schedule for the Matric (secondary school certificate SSC) and Intermediate (Higher Secondary School Certificate examination) in the provincial capital Karachi.

Sindh School Education and Literacy Department shared a notification, according to which the matric and inter exams will be held in late May this year, while the results will be held in the last week of July and mid-August respectively.

Classes	Dates
Matric	Last Week of May
Inter	Last Week of May

Sindh Education and Literacy Department

For the academic year 2024-25, the new classes will commence on August 1, 2024, with a difference of three months.

Summer Vacations 2024

The notification confirmed that summer vacation in schools and higher educational institutions will start from June 1, and students will return to schools on August 1.

Winter vacations for the session will be from December 21- December 31, 2024.

Sindh government is considering several options to curb irregularities in examinations and results across the province. In this regard, officials also considering to outsource matric and intermediate boards to address concerns.

Boards officials reportedly penned letter to heads of all education boards in Sindh, stating that due to numerous complaints of maladministration and corrupt practices in conducting examinations and compiling results.