Govt school pupils miss top honours

Education dept additional secretary says results will improve next year

PESHAWAR: Not a single student from government schools clinched top positions in Secondary School Certificate (SSC) exams of 2016 despite repeated claims by the provincial government that there has been an improvement in records in the education sector records.

According to the results of Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education (BISE) Peshawar, Mardan, Kohat, DI Khan, Malakand, Abbotabad and Swat, all top positions have been acquired by students from private schools.



As per BISE Peshawar’s SSC result, announced on June 21, 70,339 students appeared in the SSC examination out of which 56,247 cleared the exams. As a result, 79.97% students passed the exams.

At least 83.62% male students passed the exams while 86.88% female students passed with flying colours. The result showed that the top three positions were secured by private schools while only two of the government schools featured in the top 20 positions.

In Mardan district, not a single government school student achieved a notable score. The top three positions were clinched by private schools and the overall result was 71% as announced by BISE Mardan. K-P Elementary and Secondary Education department also admitted the poor performance of the government schools and claimed that not a single government school currently ranks in the top 10 category.



According to results from BISE DI Khan, 19,716 candidates took the 2016 matriculation examinations. Of these, 15,175 candidates passed. The overall result was 76.97%. The top three positions were clinched by private schools students wherein Karishma Batool Durrani of Shan Model High School, Paharpur got 1,029 marks out of 1,100. Hafiz Wajahatullah Anwar of Iqra Education System School and College came second with 1,026 marks while the third position was secured by Samina Kanwal of Shan Model High School, Paharpur, with 1,010 marks.



From BISE Malakand, 80,337 students appeared in the examination, out of which 59,994 were declared successful. The overall result remained 74.67%. Nazneen Wahid, a student of Malakand Public School and College Dargai, clinched first position in the board by securing 1,016 marks out of 1,100 whereas Muhammad Suleman of Allama Iqbal Model School and College stood second with 1,011 marks.

The third position was clinched by Palwasha Munir of Malakand Public School and College and Aiman Khan of University Public School Chakdara, both securing 1,010 marks.

BISE Kohat results revealed 70,100 students appeared in the SSC examination, in which   47,689 candidates passed the examination. The pass percentage was 68.03%. Junaid Khan, a student of the Cadet College Kohat, clinched the first position in the board by securing 1,038 marks out of 1,100. Danish Sattar of the same college stood second by obtaining 1,037 marks while two other students were Malik Waleed Zeb of Cadet College Kohat and Alina Rehman of Iqra Public School Kohat clinched third position by securing 1,035 marks.

According to BISE Abbottabad SSC results, 58,253 candidates appeared in the exams for all the disciplines in which 44,585 declared successful and pass percentage 76.34.

Syeda Sadia from Pakistan International Public School and College topped the exam securing 1,035 marks, Mushtaq Ahmed, a student of Abbottabad Public School and College stood second with 1,026 marks and Warda Jamil of Hazara Public School and College Haripur bagged the third position with 1,023 marks.

Official narrative

Speaking to The Express Tribune K-P Elementary and Secondary Education Department Additional Secretary Qaiser Alam Khan said the government is taking a number of initiatives. These include appointing teachers, providing basic facilities and teacher training. He said government schools capacities have been improved while thousands of students have left private schools for government schools.

“The government is focusing on reforms and will build the capacity of teachers and its results will be evident next year.”

He added this year’s government schools students got positions in top 20 while next year they hope that government schools students will clinch top potions in all boards.

Published in The Express Tribune, September 7^th, 2016.