Karachi: Board of Secondary Education Karachi (BSEK) has announced results for 2024 annual matriculation examinations for General Group (both regular and private) and for students with hearing and speech impairments while female students secured all three top positions.

Acting Controller of Examinations Tariq Kareem declared results for 9th and 10th-grade General Group (Regular and Private) and for students with hearing and speech disabilities.

Board Secretary Dr Naveed Ahmed commended teachers and board staff for their dedicated efforts in ensuring timely release of results. He noted that 16,384 candidates were registered for General Group exams, 16,131 of whom appeared, while 253 were absent.

In General Group Regular category, all three top positions were secured by students from Iqra Huffaz School. According to results, Laiba Bint Muhammad Waseem from Iqra Huffaz Girls Secondary School, Al-Hamra Society, Tipu Sultan Road secured first position with 88.45 ppercent marks.

Habiba Munir Bint Munir Ahmed, from same school, claimed second position with 88.18 percent marks. Third position was taken by Ansharah Bint Muhammad Taufiq from Iqra Huffaz Girls Secondary School, Block-B North Nazimabad with 88.09 percent marks.

Total of 10,845 candidates appeared in General Group Regular examinations, comprising 2,858 boys and 7,817 girls, with an overall pass percentage of 62.65 percent. Among successful candidates, 93 students received A-1 grades, 846 secured A grades, 2,085 achieved B grades, 2,581 received C grades, 1,056 earned D grades and 27 students passed with E grades.

In Private General Group, 5,456 candidates appeared, including 3,635 boys and 1,821 girls, with pass percentage of 51.43 percent. In this group, 8 students secured A-1 grades, 192 achieved A grade, 789 obtained B grades, 1,268 received C grades, 537 earned D grades and 12 students passed with E grades.

Overall pass percentage for both General Group Regular and Private categories stood at 58.86 percent. Additionally, in category of students with hearing and speech impairments, all three top positions were claimed by students from DEWA Academy for Deaf, Gulshan-e-Iqbal.

Amjad Azam secured first position with 87.45 percent marks. Maryam Bibi achieved second place with 89.36 percent marks. Third position was taken by Taha Ahmed with 89 percent marks.

Published in The Daily National Courier, August, 31 2024

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