Caretaker Federal Minister for Education and Professional Training, Madad Ali Sindhi Wednesday termed education as the only way to combat the present-day challenges being faced by the country.
Addressing the Higher Secondary School Certificate (HSSC) Part-I and II Annual Examination Result Declaration ceremony held at the Federal Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education (FBISE), the minister said that the country can achieve stability only by promoting education. He emphasized ensuring transparency in the compilation of results so that bright and capable students can come forward and contribute to national development.
Madad Ali Sindhi congratulated the girl students who bagged top positions in the exams and advised the boy students to do more hard work to excel in their academic pursuits next year. The federal minister said that his ministry will devise a roadmap for the promotion of education and elevating its standard which is unfortunately deteriorating with the passage of time. Chairman FBISE, Qaiser Alam highlighted the steps taken by FBISE to improve its working and reciated the efforts of its staff towards the preparation of results ensuring complete transparency. He also congratulated the position holder students for their hard work and commitment and advised others not to lose hope and pay more attention to their studies to achieve good positions.
According to the HSSC Part-I and II 1st Annual Examination results announced during the ceremony, a total of 88381 candidates enrolled in HSSC Part-I exam and 86495 in the Part-II exam out of which 54049 and 71518 could pass the exams respectively with the overall pass percentage of 61.82 and 83.86. According to the HSSC-I result notification, a total of 84944 regular candidates took part in the exams out of which 53313 could pass the exam against 736 private candidates out of 2507 who earned in the exam. As per the HSSC-II result notification, a total of 73803 regular candidates eared in the exam out of which 63780 could pass against the 7738 private candidates out of the total 11578 who earned in the exams.
