AKUEB PAST PAPERS 2018 - SOLVED PAST PAPERS AND EMARKING NOTES

Aga Khan University Examination BoardNotes from E-Marking Centre on SSC-II Pakistan Studies Examination May 2018

Introduction:
This document has been produced for the teachers and candidates of the Secondary School Certificate (SSC) Part II subject in Pakistan Studies. It contains comments on candidates‟ responses to the 2018 SSC-II Examination, indicating the quality of the responses and highlighting their strengths and weaknesses.
E-Marking Notes:
This includes overall comments on students‟ performance on every question and some specific examples of students‟ responses which support the mentioned comments. Please note that the descriptive comments represent the better and weaker responses as gathered from the e-marking session. However, the candidates‟ responses shared in this document represent some specific example(s) of the mentioned comments.
Teachers and candidates should be aware that examiners may ask questions that address the Student Learning Outcomes (SLOs) in a manner that require candidates to respond by integrating knowledge, understanding and application skills they have developed during the course of study. Candidates are advised to read and comprehend each question carefully before writing the response to fulfil the demand of the question.
Candidates need to be aware that the marks allocated to the questions are related to the answer space provided on the examination paper as a guide to the length of the required response. A longer response will not in itself lead to higher marks. Candidates need to be familiar with the command words in the SLOs which contain terms commonly used in examination questions. However, candidates should also be aware that not all questions will start with or contain one of the command words. Words such as „how‟, „why‟ or „what‟ may also be used.
General Comments:
The paper of Pakistan Studies at this level comprises of several components. This year candidates did fairly well the questions which required more of a general approach. Whereas, it was generally felt that the students lack basic historical and cultural knowledge necessary to answer various questions. Most candidates performed poorly in questions dealing with geography and foreign policy part. However candidates produced good responses to questions from these sections well. It seemed that the candidates were not well prepared to answer questions from these topics. It was also observed that candidates do not spend time in reading questions which lead to poor answers as in most cases candidates prepared a general response which they wrote without realizing the demand of the question.
Note: Candidates’ responses reproduced in this report have not been corrected for , spelling, format or factual information.