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Title: Karachi Matric Science (SSC-II) annual exam results
Post by: علم دوست on August 01, 2008, 07:30:08 PM
Karachi Matric Science (SSC-II) annual exam results

Girls outshine boys in SSC (Science) exams
Karachi, Aug 01, 2008: Maintaining their academic superiority over boys, girls once again managed to clinch the top three positions in the Matric Science (SSC-II) annual examinations-2008, results of which were announced by the Board of Secondary Education, Karachi (BSEK) on Thursday.

Girls not only outclassed boys in bagging the top positions but they also got as many as 7,244 A-I grade as compared to 5,040 boys securing the same grade although the number of boys who appeared in the examination was 60,533 as against 45,580 girls.

Of the total 106,113 candidates who appeared in the examination, 81,692 candidates (45,389 boys and 36,303 girls) were declared passed and the overall pass percentage remained at 76.99.

According to the statistics released by the BSEK, in all 12,284 candidates (5,040 boys and 7,244 girls) secured A-I grade; 20,986 candidates (10,765 boys and 10,221 girls) got A grade; 22,864 candidates (12,745 boys and 10,119 girls) obtained B grade; 18,004 candidates (11,130 boys and 6,874 girls) secured C grade; 7,030 candidates (5,253 boys and 1,777 girls) got D grade while 318 (284 boys and 34 girls) managed to secure E grade.

Subas Ali, daughter of Aijaz Ali Soomro, and Alicia Khan Ghauri, daughter of Babar Khan Ghauri, shared the first position in the order of merit by obtaining 821 marks out of the total 850. Both of them belonged to St Joseph's Convent High School.

The second position was also shared by three students –Mehwish Siddiqa d/o Asif Ali; Sana Azmat d/o Syed Azmat Aziz and Dur-i-Shehwar d/o Mohammad Aslam Qureshi –students of Falcon House Grammar School, North Karachi; Karachi Public School, Gulshan-i-Iqbal and C.A.A. Model School, Airport, respectively. They secured 805 marks.

The third position was bagged by Sana Ashraf d/o Mohammad Ashraf. She got 803 marks and belonged to Federal Secondary School of Federal B' Area.

Most of the position holders were highly critical of the Karachi Electric Supply Company, saying that unannounced load-shedding and frequent power breakdowns had badly affected their studies.

They were also of the opinion that no student would like to take tuition or join coaching centres if they were properly taught at their educational institutions.

They were expressing their views at a ceremony held in their honour at the Karachi Press Club on Thursday. The Sindh education department's director for private schools, Mansoob Hussain Siddiqui, and parents of the toppers were also present.

Ms Subas Ali, who shared the first position with Alicia Khan Ghauri, said that had there been no load-shedding during their examination, she and other candidates would have performed much better.

Ms Ali, who aspires to become a doctor, was of the view that students were forced to take tuition only when they were not properly taught at their educational institutions.

Ms Alicia Khan Ghauri could not attend the ceremony as she was abroad, her father Senator Babar Khan Ghauri, who was present on the occasion said. Ms Mehwish Siddiqa, who shared the second position with Ms Sana Azmat and Ms Dure-i-Shehwar, also criticised the KESC for resorting to prolonged load-shedding.

She complained that there was no mathematics teacher at her school for a long time and the school had hired the services of the subject's teacher only two months before the examination. She wishes to become a neurologist.

Ms Sana Azmat stressed the need for changing the education system and the paper pattern. She suggested that there should be more and more objective-type questions.

Ms Dur-i-Shehwar, who also got second position, said that traffic jams and pollution were the two major issues facing the city and the relevant authorities should help resolve these issues on priority. She wants to become a chartered account.

The third position holder, Ms Sana Ashraf, deplored that although Urdu was the national language, no efforts were being made to promote the language.

All the position holders gave the credit of their success to their parents and teachers. Dawn