Long delay: BSEK releases SSC part-I science results

Many students were unsure if they would be reverted to their previous class or not.

KARACHI: After a passage of more than seven months, the Board of Secondary Education Karachi on Wednesday released the results of 126,644 students who took their Secondary School Certificate (SSC) part-I science examinations this year.

A total of 128,371 candidates had registered for the exams. According to statistics provided by controller of examinations Noman Ahsan, 78.1% of the students cleared all the five papers. Another 14,613 candidates cleared four papers. The breakdown further revealed that 82% of girls, (46,540 candidates) and 75% of boys (52,643 candidates) passed.

Although BSEK does not bar students to sit in Matric exams even if they fail all class IX papers, most schools do not promote students if they fail in more than two subjects.

Despite being “provisionally” promoted to class X, many students were unsure if they would either be retained in Matric or would be reverted to their previous class.

This is the fourth consecutive year that class IX results have been delayed without any justification, Private Schools Management Association president, Sharfuz Zaman, had complained in October. “Ideally, the BSEK should announce the results by the first week of September,” he said.

Published in The Express Tribune, November 15^th, 2012.