Barely 40% of students clear QAU’s graduate programme

Students of BS Home Economics still wait for announcement of results

ISLAMABAD: Only 39.9 per cent students of Quaid-i-Azam University’s (QAU) graduate programmes could clear the final or part II exams, while around 41.4 passed Part-I exams.

The university on Thursday announced results for their Bachelors of Arts (BA), Bachelors of Science (BSc) and Bachelors of Commerce (BCom) examinations which were held in June.

The varsity, however, did not announce results for its Bachelors of Studies (Honours) programme in Home Economics.

Female students of the Islamabad Model College for Women in Sector F-7/2 bagged all the top three positions in BA.

Fatima Ali secured the first position by securing 636 marks out of a maximum 800 marks. Rabia Riaz came in second by securing 607 marks, while Nimra Najeeb was third with 599 marks.

In Bachelors of Science (BSc), Haleema Riaz of the same college secured the top spot after scoring 699 marks out of 800. The second position was bagged by Ayesha Monim of Islamabad College for Girls in Sector F-6/2 who got 677 marks. The third position went to Sobia Zaheer of the Islamabad Model College for Women in Sector F-6/2 who scored 668 marks.

In BCom, Hashamul Hasan of the Islamabad Model Postgraduate College for Commerce in Sector H-8/4 obtained 1,066 marks out of a maximum 1,500 marks.

Usman Mahmood Abbasi secured the second position with 1,055 marks, while the third position went to Tayaba Asif of the Islamabad Model College of Commerce For Girls in Sector F-10/3 who secured 1,028 marks.

A number of students of the varsity were concerned about their academic future after the university had delayed announcing results of its graduate programmes.

Many universities have already closed their admissions for postgraduate programmes and those still offering the programmes have refused to grant admissions to students who were waiting for their results. As many as 31 students who had sat exams for the final semester of BS (Hons) Home Economics are waiting for their results.

Published in The Express Tribune, September 8^th, 2017.