FBISE SSC (Matric) Computer Science (IX-X): syllabus, papers and marking

SSC Computer Science and Entrepreneurship on the FBISE 50% MCQ pattern, with algorithm and code answers marked by step and trace.

National Curriculum 2022-23, Inclusive Scheme of Studies 2024 (1200 marks); 50% MCQ and 50% descriptive pattern from Second Annual 2026 · First Annual and Second Annual series · grades A++ to U (IBCC scale)

FBISE SSC Computer Science: where the marks go

FBISE Computer Science at SSC is examined against the Student Learning Outcomes (SLOs) of the National Curriculum 2022-23, not against a textbook. Class IX is now a 75-mark paper: a 30-mark MCQ section of sixty half-mark questions (forty straight and twenty built on a situation), a 30-mark descriptive section of six 3-mark short answers and two 6-mark extended answers with internal choice, and 15 marks of practical-based assessment. Class X keeps the earlier 12-MCQ, 48-mark descriptive pattern until the 50% pattern reaches it. Marks are won on ordered, unambiguous steps in algorithms and code and on definitions that say what a thing is for, not on keywords. The subject sits in the board’s elective list as Computer Science and Entrepreneurship.

AdmitPortfolio builds Computer Science papers to the FBISE assessment framework and table of specifications, so the MCQ and descriptive proportions, the 0.5-mark MCQ weighting and the SLO domains follow the board's own model paper. MCQ sections score automatically; descriptive answers are marked question by question as each rubric is released, and every lost mark is traced to the SLO behind it.

How we mark a real script

Paper structure and what we mark

PaperTimeMarksWeightQuestions
Class IX: Section A — Multiple Choice1 h 20 min3040%60 MCQs at half a mark each: 40 straight and 20 built on a situation or data
Class IX: Sections B and C — Short and Extended Response1 h 40 min3040%Section B: six short answers of 3 marks. Section C: two extended answers of 6 marks. Internal choice in every question
Class IX: Practical — Practical-Based AssessmentSeparate1520%Practical-based assessment (PBA) from the list of practicals in the assessment framework
Class X: Section A — Multiple Choice20 min1216%12 MCQs at one mark each (2024 model-paper pattern)
Class X: Sections B and C — Short and Extended Response2 h 40 min4864%Section B 30 marks of short answers, Section C 18 marks of extended answers (2024 model-paper pattern)
Class X: Practical — Practical-Based AssessmentSeparate1520%Practical-based assessment (PBA)

Syllabus outline

  1. Domain A: Computer systems
  2. Domain B: Computational thinking and algorithms
  3. Domain C: Programming fundamentals
  4. Domain D: Data and analysis
  5. Domain E: Applications of computer science
  6. Domain F: Impacts of computing
  7. Domain G: Digital literacy
  8. Domain H: Entrepreneurship in the digital age

How each paper is marked here

Where FBISE SSC Computer Science candidates lose marks

  1. Algorithms written as prose — Flowchart and pseudocode questions expect ordered steps with the decision points marked, not a paragraph describing the idea.
  2. Trace tables skipped — Tracing a loop in the head produces off-by-one errors. A written trace table shows the method and recovers marks when the final value is wrong.
  3. Syntax slips in code answers — Missing colons, unclosed brackets, wrong indentation or a missing semicolon can make a correct idea unmarkable.
  4. One-word definitions — Writing that a database is storage earns nothing. The answer needs what it holds, how it is organised and what it is used for.
  5. Scenario-based MCQs answered from memory — Twenty of the sixty Section A items sit on a situation, table or diagram. Answering from recalled facts picks the distractor written for it.

Sample papers, mark schemes and marked reports for FBISE SSC Computer Science

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Questions teachers ask

Is the paper still based on the textbook?
No. FBISE states that these papers are set on the Student Learning Outcomes in the curriculum, and any NCC-reviewed or other reliable book may be used. Our papers are written to the SLO list, not to one publisher.
Is programming code marked for syntax?
Code answers are marked for logic first and syntax second, in line with how the descriptive section is written; the rubric will state which language the board expects.
When does the new pattern reach Class X?
The 50% MCQ pattern applies to Class X candidates from the First Annual 2027 (if they sat Class IX in the Second Annual 2026 on the new pattern) and to everyone from the First Annual 2028. The Class X rows show the 2024 model-paper pattern still in force until then.
Is this official FBISE marking?
No. Federal Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education marks the real exam. This is examiner-style marking of mocks and homework for FBISE SSC Computer Science. Only you see the marking, and you decide what reaches the student.
Do you reproduce past-paper questions?
No. Every IX-X paper here is original and written to the national curriculum 2022-23, inclusive scheme of studies 2024 (1200 marks); 50% mcq and 50% descriptive pattern from second annual 2026, in the same structure as the real papers shown above.
Which papers are marked?
None yet are marked question by question; Class IX: Section A, Class X: Section A are scored instantly. Practical exams sat at the centre are not marked here.
How is the next paper chosen?
From the marks a student lost: the concepts behind them are ranked by marks dropped, and the new paper weights those topics. It is the same syllabus and structure, with new questions.
When are the exams?
First Annual and Second Annual series. Grades A++ to U (IBCC scale).

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