The Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education (BISE) Lahore announced the result for matriculation (Secondary School Certificate) annual examinations 2012 on Wednesday in a ceremony held at the Alhamra Hall.
The Chief Guest of the event was Pakistan Muslim League -Nawaz leader Hamza Shahbaz, while Chairman Lahore Board Nasar Ullah Virk, Controller Anwer Farooq, Secretary Dr Abdul Razaq Shahid and other senior officials were also present at the occasion.
Overall 135,674 out of 206,469 candidates passed the exams with a 65.71 percent pass ratio. The pass percentage of the Science Group was 82.38 percent as 81,305 out 98,700 matriculated, whereas the percentage of the Humanities group was 50.45 percent as 54,369 out of 107,769 students passed their exams.
A large crowd of people, including parents of the position holders, were also present at the occasion and they appreciated the toppers on securing their positions. Hamza Shahbaz urged the youth of Pakistan to come forward to change their country. He said that hopes for a better future of the country, lie with the 100 million youth of Pakistan. He urged the youth to vote in next election, which he assured would be free and fair in the supervision of Fakhr ud Din Ibrahim, the recently appointed Chief Election Commissioner.
He advised them to vote for parties whose manifesto and policies were geared to lead the nation to prosperity.
He however said that need of the hour is to change old trends of protocol, government vehicles and routine politics and that the youth can play a role in the best way. He congratulated the position holders, their teachers and parents.
Most position holders at the occasion said that corruption and lack of leadership are the basic problems riddling the country and according to them, true and honest leadership is the solution of our problems. According to them, the curriculum of the country should be unified. Talking about their future goals most students aspired to become CSP’s or medical specialists.
Talking to Pakistan Today, Sarmad Waqar, the top position holder from Beaconhouse School System, said that he want to be a CSP officer and wanted to serve the nation by changing trends in the country.
Nashka Zulfiqar of Fauji Foundation Model High School for Girls, who shared 1st position with Sarmad, called for stricter measures to counter cheating, especially in objective exams.
