Intermediate certificates to be accepted for direct foreign university admissions.
The Executive Director of the Inter Board Coordination Commission (IBCC), Dr. Ghulam Ali Mallah, has announced that Pakistani intermediate certificates will soon be accepted directly for admission into foreign universities.
In an interview with a national daily, Dr Mallah detailed a series of reforms aimed at modernising and digitising the certification process.
He maintained that IBCC is actively working with the UK’s ECCTIS to secure direct recognition of Pakistani intermediate qualifications for university admissions.
Similar progress is being made with other countries and international education boards.
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He added that the outdated requirement of sealed verification envelopes has been eliminated, and all 29 education and technical boards in Pakistan now offer online verification services.
Online verification of religious seminary credentials is also expected to launch soon.
Moreover, the IBCC has rolled out a digital system for equivalence and attestation applications, issuing certificates embedded with QR-code authentication for easy verification.
Dr. Mallah noted that the IBCC, formerly the Inter-Boards Committee of Chairmen, was restructured in 2023 through an Act of Parliament. It now regulates foreign educational qualifications in Pakistan, using a 15-point criteria system to assess and register foreign boards via an active online portal.
