Teachers across the province continued to express their reservations regarding the controversial law terming it an assault on the academic and administrative autonomy of the universities. PHOTO: FILE
Students of the public colleges made their way to the podium up to the sixth position in this year’s Intermediate pre-medical results announced by Board of Intermediate Education Karachi (BIEK) on Friday.
Last years’ pre-medical results were a disappointment for public colleges when for the first time in the history of BIEK, students from a single private institution, Aga Khan Higher Secondary School, took all three top positions. The school, this year, managed to bag eight positions, with around 68% of the students scoring the highest letter grades - ‘A-1’ or ‘A’.
Students from the Begum Amna Majeed Malik PECHS Government College for Women outshined their counterparts at around 200 colleges across the city in overall results. Around 95% of its students who sat the exams scored ‘A-1’ or ‘A’ grades - Maliha Salim of the college stood first by scoring 89.81% marks, followed by Naureen Shahid who came third with 89.45% marks.
There was more reason for the college to celebrate as nine more of its students made it to the board’s top-ten list of best performing students, a few of them shared positions with students of other institutions.
The second position went to the Adamjee Government Science College, whose Syed Hamza Bin Waqar scored 89.54% marks, and around 95% of his fellows at the college also got ‘A-1’ or ‘A’ grades.Maliha who topped the exams refuted the growing perception that teachers at public colleges do not fulfill their responsibilities. “They are available for help but students follow the general trend of studying at coaching centres.”
Though the result-day was unquestionably a festive occasion for around 3,684 pre-medical students, they were well aware that soon they would have to compete for the limited seats at public-sector medical universities.
“My dream is to get into Dow University of Health Sciences - the institution carries an unmistakable charm for the prospective medical students,” said Hamza, the second position-holder.
According to the results announced, 18,166 students sat the exam, of which nearly 80% were girls. Around 9,595 students passed the exams, lowering the pass percentage to four points as compared to last year.
Published in The Express Tribune, August 31st, 2013.
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