Students of grades 1-4, 6-7 in federal govt schools to be promoted without exams: sources Pakistan Sun, Jun 06, 2021 The federal government has decided to promote students of grades I-IV and VI-VII studying in schools operated by the centre, without exams, sources told Geo News on Sunday. Officials privy to the development, said the federal government has decided to conduct exams of students only in grade V and VIII. They added that the director general federal directorate of education has sent a summary to the relevant authorities in this regard. The sources said students will be promoted to the next grade on the basis of the marks they got last year. They added that last year, students from classes I-VIII were promoted on the basis of exams, adding that the record showed that 90% of the students had passed.