HYDERABAD, Aug 21: Position holders of the Higher Secondary Certificate examinations have stressed the need for updating the syllabus and changing the system of examinations.

The students said examination papers should be based on objective type questions in order to eliminate what they described “estimation”.

They talking to this correspondent after the results were announced on Wednesday.

Musab, who grabbed the second position in the pre- medical group among boys, said aptitude tests consisted objective type question.

Third position holder Umair Ali Memon pointed out that regular classes were not held in government institutions. He said the trend of going to coaching centres among students, regardless they were studying in government or private institutions, was not good.

Somia Faiz, who bagged the second position among girls in the pre-medical group, said there must be fair assessment of papers by teachers.

She observed that teachers of government institutions did not give much time to students and they only guided them properly at their coaching centres. Supporting Somia’s views, third position holder Ambreen Tabasum said efforts should be made to eliminate the copy culture.

Pre-engineering group first position holder Zaibun Nisa said the copy culture also ruined the environment for students who did not believe in cheating.