Secondary school: Alumni ‘pass the torch’
AKU students admitted to 114 schools.
KARACHI:
Position holders of the 2011 Aga Khan University Examination Board’s Higher Secondary School Certificate (HSSC) and Secondary School Certificate (SSC) examinations were presented their awards by last year’s top performers at a ceremony on Friday - symbolising the continuing journey of knowledge from person to person.
This year, Hani Ghulam Abbas of Aga Khan Higher Secondary School, Karimabad with 88% marks was awarded the HSSC first position.
Asma Gulab of Aga Khan Higher Secondary School, Hunza with 87.82% and Raaza Malja of Mianwali Education Trust College with 87.64% were awarded the second and third positions, respectively overall in Pakistan The top three SSC position holders to be awarded included Hooria Imran of Sultan Mohammad Shah Aga Khan School with 93.55%, Komal Zehra Zaidi of Al-Murtaza School (Girls Branch) with 93.45% and Sarah Salahuddin of Shahwilayat Public School with 92.82%. “AKU-EB challenges its students to go beyond the usual, to research extensively, to exchange ideas with peers and teachers and to critically analyse each piece of information that its students come across,” stated Mahek Rajani, a 2010 AKU-EB student and HSSC third position holder, currently enrolled in the MBBS programme at the Dow University of Health Sciences. Students from the AKU-EB Class of 2010 have been admitted to 114 institutes of higher education across Pakistan and abroad, according to a survey conducted by AKU-EB. press release
Published in The Express Tribune, July 23rd, 2011.
Position holders of the 2011 Aga Khan University Examination Board’s Higher Secondary School Certificate (HSSC) and Secondary School Certificate (SSC) examinations were presented their awards by last year’s top performers at a ceremony on Friday - symbolising the continuing journey of knowledge from person to person.
This year, Hani Ghulam Abbas of Aga Khan Higher Secondary School, Karimabad with 88% marks was awarded the HSSC first position.
Asma Gulab of Aga Khan Higher Secondary School, Hunza with 87.82% and Raaza Malja of Mianwali Education Trust College with 87.64% were awarded the second and third positions, respectively overall in Pakistan The top three SSC position holders to be awarded included Hooria Imran of Sultan Mohammad Shah Aga Khan School with 93.55%, Komal Zehra Zaidi of Al-Murtaza School (Girls Branch) with 93.45% and Sarah Salahuddin of Shahwilayat Public School with 92.82%. “AKU-EB challenges its students to go beyond the usual, to research extensively, to exchange ideas with peers and teachers and to critically analyse each piece of information that its students come across,” stated Mahek Rajani, a 2010 AKU-EB student and HSSC third position holder, currently enrolled in the MBBS programme at the Dow University of Health Sciences. Students from the AKU-EB Class of 2010 have been admitted to 114 institutes of higher education across Pakistan and abroad, according to a survey conducted by AKU-EB. press release
Published in The Express Tribune, July 23rd, 2011.