KARACHI, Sept 6: Some 30 colleges across the city, which produced a zero per cent pass percentage in this year’s HSC examinations, have been asked by the Board of Intermediate Education Karachi (BIEK) why they should not be disaffiliated from the board, while 18 other colleges that produced less than 10 per cent passing grades have been asked the reasons for their poor performance.

BIEK Chairman Anwar Ahmed Zai said on Thursday that he had taken serious notice of colleges and higher secondary schools whose students did not perform well in this year’s HSC-II examinations.

“We are issuing notices to these institutions to provide us the reasons for the dismal performances of their students, before taking action against them in line with the Board’s rules,” he said.

An analysis of this year’s result shows that 195 colleges and higher secondary schools from both the public and the private sectors sent 16,962 students to take the HSC-II (pre-medical) examinations 2007. Of these, 52.3 per cent of the students passed the examination.

Apart from 48 institutions with zero to ten per cent success rates, 49 institutions had less than 20 per cent while 28 had less than 50 pass percentage. However, 72 institutions got over 50 per cent successful results while the remaining nine had a hundred per cent success rate.

“We will award these nine institutions merit certificates and medals for their principals,” said Mr Zai.

Institutions with 100% success rate:

1: Academy of Islamic Merits, Nazimabad.

2: Green House Higher Secondary School, Salman Farsi Road.

3: Iqra Huffaz Girls Science College, Block B, North Nazimabad.

4: New City Girls College, B-19, Sector 5-M, New Karachi.

5: Pakistan Steel Cadet College, Bin Qasim.

6: The City College for Women.

7: The Educators’ College, Gulshan-i-Maymar.

8: Adamjee Govt Science College.

9: Haroon Bahria Intermediate College for Boys and Girls.

Institutions with 0% success rate:

1: Govt Degree Boys Sc/Arts/Com College, 5-L, New Karachi.

2: Ar-Rehman College, BMCHS.

3: Abdul Sattar Gatta Memorial Intermediate Girls College.

4: Al-Syed Higher Secondary School, Quaidabad.

5: Bahria Foundation College, Clifton Campus.

6: Govt Degree Science and Commerce College, Landhi.

7: Crescent Bahria Cadet College, ST-4, Gulshan-i-Rafi.

8: Govt Comprehensive Boys Higher Sec School, Korangi.

9: Dhaka College of Information Technology, Gulshan-i-Iqbal.

10: Govt Degree Sc, Arts, Com College, Murad Memon Goth.

11: Govt Girls Higher Secondary School, Bhiro Village.

12: Govt Degree College, Konkar, Gadap.

13: Govt Girls Degree Sc, Arts College, Orangi Town.

14: Govt Girls Higher Secondary School, Gulshan-i-Iqbal.

15: Jauhar College of Information Tech & Management Sciences.

16: Mehran College of Com, Sc and Tech, FB Area.

17: Memon Girls College, FB Area.

18: Modern College, Gulshan-i-Hadeed.

19: Modern Degree College, Steel Town.

20: New Century College, C-57, Block 12.

21: North Inter Girls College, North Nazimabad.

22: NJV Govt Girls Higher Secondary School.

23: PMA Model Higher Secondary School.

24: Rehan Intermediate College, Zaman Town.

25: Sajjadia Institute of Tech and Management Science.

26: Pakistan Steel Shah Latif Inter College.

27: Sachal Sarmast Higher Secondary School, Bin Qasim.

28: The Educators College, C-57, Block 13, FB Area.

29: University College, E-30, Block 6, Gulshan-i-Iqbal.

30: Government Boys and Girls Higher Secondary School, Konkar, Gadap.

Institutions with less than 10% success rate:

1: Govt Degree Science College, Malir at Saudabad.

2: Govt Degree Science and Commerce College, Asifabad.

3: NJV Govt Boys Higher Secondary School (Urdu Medium).

4: Govt City College.

5: Govt Degree Boys College, Landhi 4.

6: Govt Degree College for Boys, North Karachi.

7: Govt Degree Boys College, Korangi 2-1/2.

8: Allama Iqbal Govt Boys College, Airport.

9: Govt Degree Boys College, Manghopir.

10: NJV Govt Boys High Secondary School (Sindhi Medium).

11: Govt Girls Higher Secondary School No.1, Landhi.

12: Modern Public Higher Secondary School, Model Colony.

13: Govt Girls Comprehensive Higher Sec School, North Nazimabad.

14: Jamia Millia Govt College (Morning), Malir.

15: Govt Degree Science and Commerce College, Orangi Town.

16: Govt Boys Degree College, Buffer Zone.

17: Govt Inter Girls Science and Arts College, Lyari.

18: Habib Academy Higher Secondary School.

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