KARACHI, Sept 9: The Board of Intermediate Education Karachi (BIEK) on Sunday announced the results of HSC-II Preengineering, Science (general) and Diploma in Physical Education.

In the Pre-engineering, girls had a clear edge over boys in the overall result yet a male student shared the first position with a female student.

Hasan s/o Hamid Ali of the Adamjee College shared first position with Sania d/o Ghulam Rasool Bhutto of the Bahria College by obtaining 977 out of 1,100 marks (88.82 per cent).

Sumera d/o Iqbal Anwer Khan of the PECHS Girls College stood second position with 976 marks (88.73 per cent) and Maria d/o Abdul Ghafoor of St Joseph’s College secured third position with 972 marks (88.36 per cent).Out of 21,487 candidates who appeared in the examinations, a total of 10,048 were declared pass. The pass percentage remained 46.76 as against 55 per cent of the previous year’s result.

“This pass percentage is recorded with the inclusion of two per cent grace marks granted to all candidates which shows an effective check on copy culture,” Anwar Ahmed Zai, Chairman of the BIEK told media.

According to figures, 617 candidates secured A-1 grade, 1,928 A grade, 2,870 B grade, 3,166 C grade, 1,433 D grade and 34 candidates were bracketed in E grade.

Some 27 institutions emerged worst in their performance with zero pass percentage whereas 18 others showed a pass percentage less than 10 per cent.

According to Mr Zai, the principals of all the colleges and higher secondary schools affiliated with the board would be sent notices seeking explanation of their continued poor performance as was done with the announcement of the Pre-medical results. In case of their failure to satisfy the board, the affiliation would be withdrawn, he added.

“We have also written to the director-general (colleges) of Sindh to join in our effort towards improving the performance of such institutions,” said Mr Zai.

He said the BIEK would invite principals of the best and worst institutions to sit together and ascertain the causes of the bad performance of certain institutions.

Besides, he said, all the affiliated institutions had been asked to ensure 75 per cent class attendance of their students.