PESHAWAR: The Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education (BISE) Peshawar on Tuesday declared the results of the annual Secondary School Certificate (SSC) examinations, with around 30 per cent of 10th grade students and nearly 60 per cent of 9th graders remaining unsuccessful.

According to the exam result gazette issued by the BISE Peshawar, 95,496 students sat the grade 10 board exam but around 30 per cent of them (27,788) failed to pass it. The successful candidates totalled 66,988.

Similarly, 97,950 ninth grade students appeared in the board exam but only 40 per cent of them (39,103) passed it.

A total of 57,847 were declared unsuccessful in one paper or more but they’re promoted to the 10th grade. They will have to clear those papers in the annual SSC-II examination.

Pass percentage is just 40 among 9th graders

In 10th grade, the pass percentage in the regular Science Group female students remained 84.95, with 21,078 of the total 24,813 candidates being successful.

However, the pass rate in the regular Science Group male students was 69.71 per cent as 36,432 of the total 52,263 boys passed the exam.

In the Arts Group, the pass percentage in regular female students remained 64.86, with 4,654 out of 7,176 candidates passing the exam.

A total of 36.39 per cent of the regular male students in the group

As for boys, 1,294 of the total 3,576 candidates passed the examination, with the percentage reaching 36.39.

The students of Peshawar Model Girls High School-II, Dalazak Road, maintained their academic excellence by clinching the top three positions in the overall examination.

The exam results were declared during an award distribution ceremony held on the board premises for top position holders.

Education secretary Mohammad Khalid was the chief guest on the occasion, where Peshawar BISE chairman Khuda Bakhsh, Controller of Examinations Inamullah Shah and position holders along with their teachers and parents were present.

Omama Ali of Peshawar Model Girls High School-II, Dalazak Road, topped the board by securing 1,182 out of a total of 1,200 marks.

She was followed by Syed Atika Shah, who obtained the second position with 1,178 marks, while Hareem Khan secured the third position with 1,177 marks. They all belong to the same institution.

Among special children, Mehmood Ayaz Khankhail, a student of Umeed Special Education School, Warsak Road, Peshawar, stood first with 1,060 marks. Rabia Bibi and Mohammad Azan Khalid, both students of the same school, secured the second and third positions with 1,052 and 1,051 marks, respectively.

Meanwhile, girls clinched top positions in the annual matriculation board examinations in both science and arts groups in the Abbottabad district, according to exam results.

Controller of Examinations at the Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education Abbottabad Prof Babar Ayaz Abbasi declared the exam results during a special ceremony on Tuesday.

A total of 72,677 students sat the examination and 80.08 per cent of them (57,952) remained successful. Around 11,307 students got A-Plus and 16,301 A grades.

The exam results showed that the top three positions in Arts Group were bagged by girls.

Zainab Bibi of Government Girls High School Baldher Haripur stood first with 1131 marks, while Zainab Tahir (1075 marks) and Khansa Bibi (1072 marks), both from the Government Girls Higher School Sarae-Saleh Haripur obtained second and third positions, respectively.

In Science Group, the top three slots went to students of Tameer-e-Wattan School and College’s Mansehra and Abbottabad branches. Ayesha Zeb (Mansehra) stood first with 1167 marks, Fatima Jadoon (Abbottabad) second with 1163 marks and Uswa Mehreen (Mansehra) third with 1160 marks.

Published in Dawn, August 5th, 2026