“I could have obtained more marks if my study schedule had not been affected by electricity outages during the examination,” Aqsa Yasin told Pakistan Today on Tuesday.
Yasin along with Fatima Rashid bagged the second position in the Secondary School Certificate (SSC) Part-II General group exam conducted by the Board of Secondary Education Karachi. Both girls expressed their intention to become a Chartered Accountant (CA) in the future.
Ramsha Majeed, who bagged the first position, also said that she would like to become a CA. She, too, expressed her annoyance with the long hours of power outages. She said that she wants to contribute for the betterment of the society when she steps into her professional life.
Majeed and Rashid were students of the PECHS Girls’ School, whereas Yasin was a student of the Gulistan Shah Abdul Latif Girls’ Secondary School. Ariba Humayun of the PECHS Girls’ School was declared third.
Majeed said that none of the students of government schools bag top positions in exams because the teaching standards in public schools do not come up to private schools’ standards.
Education Executive District Officer Muhammad Ibrahim Kumbar said that private schools can fire a teacher, but teachers at public schools are government servants, so they cannot be removed from their post.
He said that the Education Department cannot get rid of substandard teachers due to political interference and influence of unions.
STATS: Out of 29807 registered candidates, 29163 appeared in the exam, whereas 20171 were declared pass. The number of regular candidates who were registered was 22598, whereas 22321 of them appeared in the exam.
The number of male candidates (regular) was 5739, out of which 5645 appeared in the exam. Twenty-nine male candidates achieved A-1 grade, 337 A grade, 1044 B grade, 1500 C grade, 1038 D grade, and 86 E grade.
The number of female candidates (regular) was 16859, out of which 16676 appeared in the exam. As many as 212 female candidates achieved A-1 grade, 1184 A grade, 2804 B grade, 4494 C grade, 2721 D grade, and 149 E grade.
As for the private candidates, 5239 male candidates were registered, of which 4937 appeared in the exam. Only four male students achieved A-1 grade, 204 A grade, 926 B grade, 1178 C grade, 770 D grade, and 39 E grade.
On the other hand, 1970 female students (private) were registered, of which 1905 appeared in the exam. Ten female students achieved A-1 grade, 90 A grade, 311 B grade, 406 C grade, 286 D grade, and 15 E grade.
