Basics for a PEF Partner School (III)

QAT Model Papers...Analysis and Description of Pattern

Everyone who is associated with a PEF partner school ,either as a teacher or as a student knows well about QAT. It is the test which should be passed essentially otherwise the funding of the the school is stopped.So, we can say, to pass QAT is in fact the matter of survival for a PEF partner school.

Academic Development Unit (ADU) releases model papers of all subjests (English,Urdu,Maths,General knowledge or General Science) once a year just before the conduction of QAT. These models papers serve as a guideline for the students as well as for the teachers and keep them on the track while preparing for QAT. For a PEF partner school teacher it is essential to study and analyse the model paper of related subject carefully so that he/she could help the students in right direction to make them able to get through QAT.

Pattern of QAT Model Papers 

From class 2 to class 7, Qat is conducted only in four subjects:

1. English: 
2. Urdu
3. Maths
4. General Knowledge or General Science

Pattern of English Model Papers

English model papers(from class 3 to 8) consist of two sections. The first section carries 13 marks having 13 MCQ's. Out of these 13 MCQ's, 10 MCQ's are conceptual grammar based and 3 MCQ's are constructed on the base of comprehension of a given paragraph.The paragraph may be from the Texbook lessons or out of syllabus.

 The second section of English model papers carries 12 marks and have many type of descriptive and creative writing questions including Comprehension,Making sentences, summary writing,fill in the blanks,story writing,paragraph writing,letter writing,dialogue writing etc. This section varies in style in different classes.The model papers can be downloaded from the PEF website.Download link is given below:
Download Qat model papers

Pattern of Urdu Model Papers

 The pattern of Urdu model paper is slightly different from English.it also consists of  two sections.The first section carries 13 marks having 13 MCQ's.Out of these 13 MCQ's,9 MCQ's are from grammar,text of lessons and exercises while 4 MCQ's are based on the comprehension of a given paragraph.The paragraph is mostly from the lessons of the textbook.The second section carries 12 marks having descriptive and creative writing questions like paragraph writing,application writing,letter writing or story writing etc.The topics of paragraphs,letters or stories are give in the supplementary syllabus.

Pattern of Maths and Science Model Papers

The Maths and Science modal papers are similar in structure.They consist of two sections.The first section carries 13 marks having 13 MCQ's.The MCQs are constructed from within the text as well as from the exercises.The MCQ's are mostly SLO's based so the teachers should perform SLO's based teaching in the classrooms.
 The second section carries 12 marks having 6 short questions.The questions may be constructed from within the text as well as from the exercises.The short questions are also mostly SLO's based.

A PEF partner School teacher should download model papers immediately after these are uploade by ADU and workout accordingly.