ISLAMABAD, July 14: Five students, including a girl, from Islamabad are among the top eight position holders in the Secondary School Certificate (SSC) Examinations 2008, conducted by the Federal Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education (FBISE).

According to the results for the science and humanities groups declared by the board here on Monday, Muhammad Athar Azeem of Federal Government Boys Model School, I-10/2, Islamabad, bagged the overall first position by obtaining 806 marks, out of the total 850 marks whereas the overall third position has been clinched by Majid Mushtaq of Ali Trust School and College, Lehtrar Road, Khanna, Islamabad.

The second position has been shared by two students from Lahore — Ahmad Mubashir of Garrison Boys High School, Tufail Road and Fatima Syed of Army Public School for Girls, Tufail Road. Both of them obtained 799 marks. All of these students appeared in the Science Group.

According to the statistics, the overall result remains 69.4 per cent as 39,624 students of the total 57,171 cleared all the papers.

The pass percentage among boys is 63.22 per cent as 19,933 of them have been declared successful out of 31,581 candidates who appeared in the examination.

While among girls the pass percentage is 77.03 per cent with 19,691 girls of the total 25,590 passing the exam.

Last year, the board’s result was 52.04 per cent when a total of 50,447 candidates had appeared in the SSC examinations 2007.

In humanities group, Nida Amjad of FG Sarwar Muhammad Hussain Shaheed Girls High School, Multan Cantonment, clinched first position with 715 marks. Hafiz Muhammad Saadullah of Institute of Islamic Sciences, Satra Meel, Islamabad, secured second position with 707 marks. The third position in the Humanities Group has also been shared by two students from Islamabad — Hafiz Samiullah Daud of the Institute of Islamic Sciences and Hina Hussain of Islamabad Model College for Girls, F-7/4, obtaining 705 marks.

The statistics reveal that 39,826 candidates took the examinations as regular candidates, while 17,345 appeared as private candidates in the exams held in April-May, this year.

The results show that 58.35 per cent of the private candidates have failed the examinations. The pass percentages among the regular and private candidates are 81.52 and 41.61 per cent, respectively.

According to the results, 3,719 candidates (1,640 boys and 2,079 girls) have passed the examination in A-1 grade; 6,665 candidates (3,191 boys and 3,474 girls) in A grade; 9,778 candidates (4,700 boys and 5,078 girls) in B grade; 13,148 candidates (6,511 boys and 6,637 girls) in C grade; 6,158 candidates (3,776 boys and 2,382 girls) in D grade and 119 candidates (91 boys and 28 girls) in E grade.

The board has withheld the results of 61 candidates for want of fee or eligibility and detected 18 unfair means cases. The FBISE through a notification announced that the SSC supplementary examinations will commence from September 16, this year.

It has asked the candidates, who have failed in more than two subjects, to appear again in all the subjects in supplementary examination.