MINGORA: The teachers and students of private schools took to streets on Tuesday against the administration of Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education Swat for what they called declaring ‘bogus’ results of secondary school certificate examinations.

The call for the protest was given by Private Schools Management Association (PSMA). The board had announced the names of top 20 position holders in SSC examinations on June 14 and declared the overall results on June 15 which triggered protest by the management and students of private schools.

Addressing the protesters, PSMA president Sawab Khan alleged that the top 20 positions in the SSC examinations were awarded on the basis of nepotism.

“The students of the schools, which were nearer to the BISE administration, were awarded positions and the intelligent students of other schools were deliberately given less marks,” he said.

Protesters seek judicial inquiry into SSC exam results

Mr Khan said that answer sheets of the students were sent to Bannu where students of FSc checked them. “Under the BISEs rules, only those teachers, who have more than seven years experience, are eligible to check the papers,” he added.

Khurshaid Khan, another office-bearer of PSMA, also blamed the BISE Swat administration of foul play and alleged that the results of SSC examinations affected the intelligent students as they had worked hard and were hopeful to get top positions.

“The BISE Swat administration has played with the future of the young generation which will never be accepted by us,” he said.

The PSMA office-bearers, students and teachers demanded of the government to launch a judicial inquiry into the matter and made public the “real results”.

However, BISE officials rejected the accusations of PSMA and claimed that the results were 100 per cent accurate.

“We have all papers and record of the examinations with us and regret the behaviour of some elements, who blame the administration,” Mohammad Ishaq, the assistant controller examinations of board, told Dawn. He said that an inquiry would be launched soon into the matter and legal action would be taken against the protesters if their allegations were proved false.

Published in Dawn, June 17th, 2015

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