HYDERABAD, July 20: The students who clinched top positions in the Secondary School Certificate (Part-II) examinations and all of whom happened to be studying in private schools heaped criticism on government-run schools saying they had utterly failed to provide quality education.

Qandeel Ayub Durrani, daughter of a police officer, was beaming when her father who had to leave an important meeting to reach the school hugged her.

A student of a private school, she clinched the top with 791 marks and 93.07 per cent. She summed up her feeling in just one sentence remarking “It’s just fantastic,” and attributed her success to her brother, Ahsan and teachers.

Lovingly called Candy by the family, Qandeel, who loves listening to music, plans to become a doctor. She takes interest in computer, reads books and play games.

“You know the school alone cannot prepare students for such a tough examination - the foundation of education - and you also need to have tuition,” she said and wished best of luck to the students who study in government schools.

Anam Fatima, daughter of an officer in power utility, shared the first position with Qandeel. “I was shaking when I heard the news about me bagging the first position and it took a few minutes for the news to sink in,” she said. She takes great interest in paintings but wants to be a doctor.

She said that she was greatly helped by her father, Khurshid Shah, and she did not take tuitions during studies. Her father did not prefer any government school because of the obvious reasons, she said.

Syed Yasum Ali Jafri, who topped among boys, was taken aback when he was told about the result. “There is a hangama in my house,” he said and added “although I tired myself in studies still I was not sure if I would even be among the top position holders.”

He said that he avoided every opportunity of cheating during examinations and said that his parents did not send him to government-run schools because of their declining standard of education. “Use of abusive language has become common in government-run schools,” he complained.

Yasum who secured 796 marks with 93.65 percentage attributed his success to his mother and teachers. “Tuition has become inevitable nowadays,” he believed.

Rahat Ahmed Memon, who secured second position among boys from the same private school with 774 marks, ascribed his success to his teachers and principal, sitting beside him.

He takes inspiration from his father, brother and sister and plans to be a doctor in future. He said that he studied six hours a day on an average and did not believe in tuition.