SSC Part-I exams: Fewer students able to take the next step

Only 2,594 of 13,014 private and ex-students manage to pass.

ISLAMABAD:

Of the 80,106 students who appeared in Secondary School Certificate (SSC) annual Part-I examinations under the Federal Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education (FBISE), around 59 per cent passed.

According to the result announced on Thursday by the FBISE, a total of 67,092 regular candidates appeared in the examinations of which 44,479 were declared successful with a pass percentage of 66.30 per cent.

The exams were held in March and April this wherein students appeared in various centres across the country and abroad. Results for the SSC annual part-II exams were announced on June 27.

Among regular science students, girls outshined boys with a pass percentage of 79 per cent while boys stood at 61 per cent. Similarly in humanities subjects, girls led with a margin of 63 per cent success rate while boys hovered at 28 per cent. Among regular candidates, 9,515 students failed in one subject and around 335 students were declared unsuccessful. Last year, the percentage of successful candidates was higher as in the science group, 40,510 students out of the total 56,227 were declared to have passed.

The same year, 9,701 candidates appeared in the humanities group of which 4,572 passed the examinations with a percentage of 47.13.

However, the passing percentage of private and ex-students is drastically low as 13,014 candidates appeared in this year’s exams of which only 2,594 students were notified successful, thus making the passing percentage of 19.93.

According to FBISE, result cards of candidates will be dispatched to their home addresses following the official declaration of results, while results are also available via SMS to 5050.

Published in The Express Tribune, July 4^th, 2014.