KARACHI: 5,308 pass HSC private exam - Girls bag top three positions
By Our Staff Reporter
KARACHI, Aug 30: The Board of Intermediate Education on Monday announced the results of the HSC Part-II (private), Humanities annual examinations-2004, with a pass percentage of 46.14
, which is about 12 per cent higher than that of the last year, while girls bagged all the top three positions in the examination.
According to the BIE statistics, 11,595 candidates, including 7,155 girls, took the examination, out of which 5,308 candidates, including 3,398 girls, were declared pass. None of the candidates was placed in A-1 grade, while only seven girls got A grade.
Girls maintained a pass percentage of 47.87, while in the case of male students, the pass percentage remained 43.35. Results of 91 candidates were withheld either for want of correct information or for using unfair means in the examination.
Sana Zehra, roll no 382188, clinched the first position by securing 857 out of 1,100 marks, while the second and third positions went to Khudaija Tu Zohra, roll no 384130, and Farhana Kauser, roll no 384129, respectively.
The grade-wise breakdown of the successful candidates is: No male candidate could secure A grade, while 51 were placed in B grade, 416 (C grade), 1,158 (D grade), 274 (E grade) and 11 (pass).
Female; 7 (A grade), 188 (B grade), 1,103 (C grade), 1806 (D grade), 288 (E grade) and 6 (E grade). The BIE had arranged a media interview session for the position holders, where the first and third position holders, Sana and Farhana, were present.
The two students maintained that they could not continue education in colleges after matriculation, as they decided to take formal religious education at home and madressah.
Ms Sana, who wanted to do doctorate in Islamic studies, said that the board should change the pattern of papers and improve the system of assessment. She said that education system was not in line with the our future needs, and as such there was a need that the education should be meant for acquisition of knowledge and not just for degrees and jobs.
She was of the view that only the Islamic system of government should be observed in the country. She said that taking examination as a private candidate was a daunting task, as she had to prepare notes and undertake studies at her own, without teachers' support.
The third position holder, Ms Farhana, said that she could not join the college as she had started taking madressah education, and at the same time she had to work hard to meet the requirements of the mainstream education.
She criticized the syllabus and books, particularly those of English and Urdu literature, saying that the fiction and poetry included in the textbooks had nothing to do with the present-day issues. The government should pay attention to the development of courses in line with the Islamic teachings.
She said that she wanted to take mass communication education and become a journalist. She complained that cheating was rampant at examination centres, which was highly deplorable. She favoured a dress code with scarf or Hijab in the educational institutions, particularly those run by the government.
The chairman of the BIE, Prof Iftikhar H Zaidi, appreciated the position holders for their performance, and hoped that boys would also concentrate on their studies and achieve excellence in future.
The Controller of Examination, Prof Mohammad Amin Khalid, said that it was the hard work and devotion of the board's employees that the results were being announced within record time.
PHYSICAL EDUCATION DIPLOMA: The BIE also announced the results of Diploma in Physical Education, annual examinations-2004, on Monday. The pass percentage remained 79.17. In all, 24 candidates appeared in examination, out of which 19 were declared pass, while none was placed in A-1 or A grades.
