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| August 21, 2005 | Sunday | Rajab 15, 1426 |
GCU, KC, FCC students bag top slots: FA, FSc results declared
LAHORE, Aug 20: The Government College University and the Kinnaird College for Women have bagged most of the positions in the FA and FSc annual examinations, 2005.
The Lahore Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education declared the results at the Alhamra Arts Council here on Saturday.
The GCU and the KC bagged eight and six positions respectively in pre-medical, pre-engineering, general science and humanities groups. However, the Forman Christian College managed to obtain the overall top position.
Of total 96,640 candidates who appeared in the examinations, 60,462 have been declared successful with a pass percentage of 62.5.
All three top positions were obtained by the science group students.
Saad Omar of the FCC, Saad Hasan Aslam of the GCU and Sana Hanif of the KC secured first, second and third positions with 1,001, 991 and 989 out of 1,100 marks, respectively.
According to a senior board official, Saad Omar has obtained the maximum marks in the Lahore board’s history. The first two position-holders belong to the pre-engineering and the third to the pre-medical groups.
In the general science group, Hasan Mazhar of the GCU, Muhammad Raza Shah Hamdani of the GCU and Marium Lodhi of the KC topped with 938, 917 and 903 marks respectively.
In the humanities group, Asia Tabassam Cheema of the Government College for Women, Pattoki, Maryam Batool Gondal of the Lahore College for Women University and Saira of the Government Degree College for Women, Kasur, secured the first, second and third positions with 893, 892 and 886 marks respectively.
In the commerce group, Mishal Aziz of the Punjab College for Women, Muslim Town, Iram Aziz of the Ravi College for Women and Hira Amani of the Punjab College for Women, Muslim Town, got first, second and third positions with 895, 893 and 892 marks respectively.
In the pre-medical group, 8,254 candidates appeared in the examination on regular and private basis with a pass percentage of 82.8. In the pre-engineering group, 7,575 regular and private candidates took the examination with a pass percentage of 74.3.
In the general science group, 9,496 candidates took the examination with a pass percentage of 61.8.
In the humanities group, 61,967 candidates appeared in the examination with a pass percentage of 69.6.
In the commerce group, 9,348 candidates appeared in the examination with a pass percentage of 69.5.
As many as 926 candidates obtained A+ grade. In the pre-medical group, the girls secured 472 A+, some 289 more than the boys obtained.
In the pre-engineering group, 181 boys and 68 girls got A+ grade, whereas nine, eight and five A+ were registered in the general science, commerce and humanities groups respectively.
Some 3,633 got A grade.
TOPPERS SAY: Saad Omar told Dawn that continuous hardwork was the reason of his success.
Strongly criticizing the condition of an entrance test for the admission to medical colleges and engineering universities, he said the government should abolish it forthwith as there had been no justification after going through the two-year examination process.
Praising the contribution of his parents and teachers, he said without their proper guidance he might not have been able to achieve distinction.
Interested in taking admission in the University of Engineering and Technology in the discipline of chemical engineering, he expressed satisfaction over the educational system said it still had room for improvement.
His father Khalid Omar, a consultant engineer, said parents’ guidance was very much necessary for the success of their children.
He said his son was equally good in the extra-curricular activities.
Saad Hasan Aslam, who secured overall second position, is not interested in becoming an engineer. “I see my future in chartered accountancy. I have already joined a professional academy in this regard to pass the foundation exam,” he said.
He is also against the entrance test saying since the government claimed that the booti mafia had been rooted out there was not justification to stick to it any more.
Saad Hasan is the son of Prof Muhammad Aslam of the Government College Township.
Sana Hanif wants to improve the standard of curriculum. She said the existing curricula should be updated in line with the requirement of the modern world.
She said she would seek admission to the King Edward Medical College. Her father is an engineer.
All the position holders have no interest in the country’s politics. However, they want the restoration of the real democracy in the country. The board announced Rs15,000 and a computer for the first position holder and Rs10,000 and Rs5,000 for the second and third respectively.
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