MARDAN/KOHAT: Mohammad Saad of Government Higher Secondary School, Hathian Mardan, and Ms Sania of Khyber Islamic Model School, Akbarpura Nowshera, topped the annual secondary school certificate (SSC) examination results declared by the Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education, Mardan, on Saturday.

Both of them obtained 1,088 marks each out of 1,100 marks.

Prof Wajid Ali, the board’s controller of examinations, announced the results at a ceremony.

He said the second position was obtained by Asmat Ali of Fazal-i-Haq College, Mardan, getting 1,086 marks.

He said the third position was shared by four students of Girls Cadet College, Mardan, including Momina Amir, Aliza Gulalai Fayaz, Bibi Maryam and Manahil Aftab, obtaining 1,085 marks each.

All the top three position holders belonged to science group.

In humanity group, he said Husna Bibi gained first position with 1,019 marks, Aleena Nadeem with 1,012 marks and Robina Iftikhar with 973 marks got second and third positions, respectively.

Meanwhile, the students of the Cadet College, Kohat, grabbed the top three positions in the SSC annual examination results declared by the Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education, Kohat, on Saturday.

In the science group, cadet Maaz Anwar obtained 1,072 marks and topped the overall examination results, while cadet Nadir Ali Khan with 1,067 marks and Zahid Farooq with 1,067 marks, stood second and third, respectively.

In the arts group, Naila Hafeez of Government Girls Higher Secondary School (GHSS) No 1, Kohat, got the first position with 926 marks, Maham Bibi of Bilitang GHSS grabbed second position with 923 marks, and Bibi Sajida of Kurram district remained third with 918 marks.

District development advisory committee chairman MPA Ziaullah Bangash was the chief guest at the result-announcing ceremony. He distributed gold medals and trophies among the position holding students.

A large number of parents and relatives of the candidates had been invited to attend the function.

Mr Bangash said after the declaration of education emergency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, performance of government educational institutions had improved and people were admitting their children there.

Published in Dawn, August 14th, 2022