BISE Hyd head suspended over delayed results

HYDERABAD:

The prolonged delay in announcing the results of Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) and Senior Secondary Certificate (SSC) Part-I examinations has cost the Chairman of the Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education (BISE) Prof Dr Shuja Ahmed Mahesar his position. The Sindh Secretary of the Universities and Boards Department on Friday suspended Mahesar and simultaneously ordered an inquiry against him. In the meantime, Chairman BISE Sukkur Dr Zahid Ali Channar has been given the interim charge of BISE Hyderabad, with explicit instructions to ensure the pending results are announced within 30 days.

An official close to Mahesar, who requested anonymity, argued that the responsibility for the delay should have been shouldered by the Controller of Examinations Prof Shakeel Laghari and his subordinate staff. "The Chairman had strictly instructed the controller and the deputy controllers to announce the results on time, but they kept delaying," the official maintained.

On December 13, Mahesar had issued a letter to Deputy Controller Secret Salahuddin and Deputy Controller Top Secret Aijaz Ali Kaka, to declare the SSC Part-I results on or before Dec 7 and the HSC Part-I results on or before Dec 10.