KARACHI: The Board of Secondary Education Karachi (BSEK) announced the results of the annual Secondary School Certificate (SSC) Part II Science Group examinations for 2025 very late on Wednesday evening.

According to the results, Aina Farooqi of Montessori Complex High School in Gulshan-i-Iqbal secured first position with 94.73 per cent marks. Waniya Noor of Pioneer Grammar Secondary School in Islam Nagar, Orangi Town, took second position with 94.09pc. There was a tie for third place between Syed Azkar Hussain Rizvi of Civil Aviation Model School, Airport, and Umaima Zafar of the Smart School Rafa-i-Aam Campus, Malir Halt, both of whom achieved 94pc.

Among the successful candidates, 30,154 obtained an ‘A-1’ grade, 50,346 secured an ‘A’ grade, 39,691 earned a ‘B’ grade, 20,614 obtained a ‘C’ grade, 3,841 received a ‘D’ grade, and 35 achieved an ‘E’ grade.

Girls outshine boys by securing top positions

The success rate in this year’s examination was 83.93, with 144,681 candidates clearing all papers. Of the 173,738 candidates registered for the Science Group exams, 172,391 actually appeared, while 1,347 were absent and 27,244 failed.

There were 90,740 male candidates and 82,998 female candidates.

While congratulating the successful students, BSEK Chairman Ghulam Hussain Sohoo said that ensuring transparency in the results remained one of the board’s top priorities.

The results are available on the board’s website.

Published in Dawn, August 14th, 2025