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KARACHI, Sept 27: Students of St. Joseph’s Government College for Women continued their winning streak this year by securing top three positions in the merit list of the successful candidates of the HSC Humanities (regular) Part-II annual examination.
The Board of Intermediate Education, Karachi, on Saturday announced the results showing an over all pass percentage of 46.28, which is 1.56 per cent higher than that of the previous year.
Like in the last year’s exams, none of the candidates could secure A-1 grade.
Of the 41 male and 89 female colleges and higher secondary schools, the results of three government and four private institutions remained 100 per cent. However, the number of candidates sent up by most of the institutions for examination was not more than four. The maximum number of candidates, 744, was sent up by Sir Syed Government Girls College, which achieved the pass percentage of 77.55. Among the government sector female colleges, St. Lawrence Government Girls College, New Town, gave the highest pass percentage (95.52) followed by St Joseph’s College’s 94.06.
Seven of the male and female colleges gave a zero result while performance of another eight colleges remained below 10 per cent. Results of 82 candidates were withheld for want of correct information or necessary documents, said a BIE notification.
In all 13,746 candidates, including 12,643 female ones, appeared in the examination. Out of them, 6,362 (including 6,003 female candidates) were declared pass.
In comparison to last year’s figures, the number of candidates taking the examination this year decreased by approximately five per cent.
Amna Ahmad (roll no.238039) clinched first position by securing 879 marks out of 1,100. Fizza Hussain Ali Meher Ali (roll no.237972) bagged second position with 874 marks and Kaneez Fatima Jivani (roll no. 237992) got third position by securing 873 marks, according to the BIE statistics.
The gender-wise breakdown of successful candidates is as follows:
MALE: A-1 grade: nil, A grade: 1, B grade: 14, C grade: 84, D grade: 224 and E grade: 36.
FEMALE: A-1 grade: nil, A grade: 83, B grade: 979, C grade: 2,525, D grade: 2,287 and E grade: 129.
Speaking at a ceremony at the BIE office, the position holders unanimously called for a change in the curricula, pattern of question papers of Humanities group and to encourage students’ participation in extra-curricular activities on the campuses.
They also spoke in favour of social science and humanities education which, they said, like other branches of education, also helped address the problems being faced by the mankind.
Amna Ahmad daughter of Saboor Ahmed, the first position holder, said that she wanted to do Masters in Philosophy. She said that Humanities syllabus should be reviewed and made closer to practical life.
She was of the view that print and electronic media was not fulfilling the educational needs of the students and that efforts should be made to make the media more effective, informative and supportive to their academic requirements. She maintained that both students and teachers should refrain from taking part in union activities.
The second position holder, Fizza Hussain daughter of Hussain Ali Meher Ali, said that women should be given equal opportunities as they could achieve excellence to the extent the men could. The women may show the results while remaining within the limits set by religion and culture, she added.
Kaneez Fatima daughter of Mohammad Ashraf Jivani, the third position holder, said that more objective questions should be included in question papers of Humanities groups. Textbooks should also be updated instead of being regarded as ‘airtight compartments’, she remarked and added that it should not be the aim to prevent students from going through controversial issues and developments pertaining to the country’s history and affairs.
Dr Tanveer Anjum, principal of the St. Joseph’s College, while appreciating the students of her college for their performance, said they had proved that they worked hard and paid full attention to their studies.
She pointed out that while the students were meritorious and of good intellect, teachers of the college had been doing extra preparation for their lectures in order to help students ensure success.
