October 7, 2005	Friday	Ramazan 2, 1426

KARACHI, Oct 6: Position holders of HSC humanities (regular) part-II annual examination, 2005, have expressed the view that the introduction of Sindh Salees (simple) subject at the intermediate level was superfluous and will overburden the Urdu speaking students.

Talking to newsmen after the announcement of HSC results on Thursday, first and third position holders said that the teaching of Sindh in class XI would not serve any additional purpose as the Urdu speaking students were already being taught Sindhi from class VI to VIII and in class IX and tested regularly.

Any further teaching and conduct of examination with immediate effect and that too by slashing the teaching of Urdu compulsory subject would affect the aggregates of candidates in the exams.

We do not see any scope of extended teaching of Sindhi as a subject, particularly in a situation when we can not use the language very frequently in our practical life, they added.

Like the last year, girls once again clinched the top three positions in the intermediate humanities examinations. The first two position holders belonged to DHA Degree College for Women.

According to a BIE notification, a total of 14,326 candidates, including 12,969 women took the examination, out of which 7,336, including 7,044 women were declared pass. The pass percentage remained 51.21, which is about one and half per cent less than that of last year.

Like last year, only one woman student could get A-1 grade among the candidates both male and woman categories. Results of 27 candidates were withheld either on account of using unfair means or for want of correct information or necessary documents, said the notification.

Madiha Karim, roll no 536354, of DHA Degree College for Women bagged first position in examination by securing 900 out of 1100 marks, the second position went to Nida Hasan, roll no 536373, of the DHA Degree College for Women, while the third position went to Hafsa Mohiuddin, roll no 535694, of the PECHS Government College for Women. The grade-wise breakdown successful candidates remained as follows:

Male; A-1 grade Nil, A Grade 1, B grade 11, C grade 61, D grade 158 and E grade 61.

Women; A-1 grade 1, A Grade 85, B grade 822, C grade 2,618, D grade 3,094 and E grade 61.

The BIE controller of examination, Prof Mohammad Amin Khalid, said that the part-I examination results would also start coming out soon. He said that from the conduct of examination to compilation and release of results the entire process remained peaceful and transparent, while on the other hand cheating was also checked significantly.

The first position holder, Madiha Karim, said that she worked hard for the examination and got a position. Her two elder sisters too had secured position in examinations, she added.

She called for improving the book and contents of Psychology subject of the intermediate class. She wants to specialize in textile designing.

She said that there was a need for semester system, instead of going for any composite examination of Class XI and XII.

The second position holder was not available for comments as she was out of country.

Hafsa Mohiuddin, the third position holder wanted to do masters in Philosophy subject.

She opposed the idea of conducting composite examinations in two years at intermediate level, departing from the previous practice of yearly examination.

Talking on the issue of introduction of Sindh Salees in Class XI, two college principals, one each from private and government colleges, observed that any immediate implementation of the subject, without planning and having consent of the students and in the absence of adequate faculty would not bear any fruit and finally lose the worth of the subject.

Principal of DHA College for Women, Dr Tayyaba Mamoon said that what she knew about the latest policy of the government regarding Sindhi Salees was based on newspapers report.

We have not been informed officially about the development and are surprised to know that the government wanted teaching of Sindh salees teaching all of a sudden, she added.

She said that academic session had already begun and colleges could take some more time for hiring of teachers, while the educational board would also need proper time frame and team of paper setters and script-assessors for the new Sindhi papers.

She was of the view that the students of her college were already opposing the idea and if their parents made it an issue than the college would have no option but to get affiliated with other educational board.

The principal of PECHS College for Women, Prof Nasim Imam, who was also present at the board’s ceremony organized for the position holders, said that till date her college had not been informed about the government’s decision, while on the other hand there was a need of course outlines or syllabus. She said that any unplanned implementation of government’s decision would create chaos among the students.

Talking on the issue of Sindhi Salees, the BIEK chairman Prof Iftikhar Zaidi said that the introduction of Sindhi teaching at the intermediate level was the responsibility of the district education departments. We have received a circular of the Sindh government and matter would probably be now placed before the Committee of chairmen of educational boards of Sindh to evolve a uniform policy for examination of Sindh Salees subject, he added.

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