Only 31.9% of students pass FBISE fall exams

The Federal Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education (FBISE) on Saturday announced results for the special annual examination held in October-November.

Board officials said that as many as 6,279 students registered for the exams, including 2,968 regular students and 3,311 private students.

Of the regular students, only 2,443 students appeared in the exams but only 626 passed them, with a passing percentage of 25.62 per cent.

Among the private candidates, 2,500 students appeared for the exams of which only 951 passed, with a pass percentage of 38.04 per cent.

The overall pass percentage of all students was 31.9 per cent.

The board added that students who wish to improve their grades can do so by re-appearing in any number of papers of their choice - part-I or part-II or for both parts within a year of the declaration of the results.

Among regular candidates, 962 students had enrolled in the Humanities group. Of these, only 739 appeared for the exams but only 77 passed it. None of the students secured A-1 grade.

Some 672 regular students had enrolled for pre-medical of which 595 sat the exams. However, only 290 passed the exams and 305 failed.

For the pre-engineering group, 408 regular students had enrolled while 384 sat the exam. Of these, 154 passed.

Among private candidates, 1,721 students had enrolled in the Humanities group. Of these, only 1,269 students sat the exams but only 300 passed it.

Some 331 private students had enrolled for pre-medical of which 285 sat the exams. However, only 223 students passed the exams and 61 failed.

For the pre-engineering group, 527 private students had enrolled while 361 sat the exam. Of these, 231 passed.

While result cards have been dispatched at the listed email and phone numbers of the candidates, the results can also be viewed on the FBISE website.

The board stated that they noted two cases of using unfair means during the exam for which a judicious procedure was adopted to decide the cases with personal hearing allowed to all concerned.

Published in The Express Tribune, November 29^th, 2020.