ICT colleges result: Barely half of students manage to pass BA, BSc part one exams

This is the first time the exams are being conducted in affiliation with QAU.

ISLAMABAD:

After the recent affiliation with Quaid-i-Azam University (QAU), the much anticipated results of students who took Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Science Part-I examinations from the federal capital’s colleges were announced on Tuesday, and were less than heartening.

QAU Vice Chancellor (VC) Dr Masoom Yasinzai announced the results, which show that only 53 per cent of the students had managed to pass. He called it the first step towards better collaboration between QAU and the colleges.



The first three positions were all grabbed by girls. Aneeqa Hussain of Islamabad Model College for Girls (IMCG) F-7/2 secured the
top position with 336 marks out of 400, while Rabia Ali of ICG F-6/2 and Maira Ali of IMCG F-7/4 secured the second and third positions with 327 and 320 marks respectively.

Overall, ICG F-6/2 stood first with a combined percentage of 73.

Prior to the affiliation with QAU, all ICT colleges were being run in line with the policies and curriculum of Punjab University.

“Though the pass percentage 53.4 percent is better than the past, there is a much room for improvement. I expect the pass ratio will top 70 per cent in the near future,” the VC told the various college heads in attendance.

To be precise, out of the total 3,297 test takers, 1,761 passed all of the subjects, 937 failed in one or more subjects, while 599 failed every single subject.

Surprisingly, in a country where girls usually trump the boys in almost all exams, out of those who flunked one or more subjects, 189 are boys and 748 are girls — similar to the figure of the completely failing students of which 277 are boys and 322 are girls.



On the other hand, the VC announced also announced a one-year special MS programme for teachers in the respective subjects they teach, to help them hone their teaching skills.

“Five, week-long refresher courses for teachers of ICT will also be initiated to keep them abreast with the ever-changing education trends,” he announced, while directing teachers not to forward the admission forms to QAU for those students who failed to achieve 80 per cent attendance.

QAU Examination Controller Dr Muhammad Idrees told The Express Tribune that the results got delayed because teachers initially declined to mark papers under the central checking system at the university, and later because they did not want to do the marking during the month of Ramazan.

Published in The Express Tribune, December 11^th, 2013.