Over 60pc Home Economics students clear HSC exams
None of the candidates, including the position holder students, got Grade A-1 in the Higher Secondary School Certificate (HSC) Part-II (Class XII) Home Economics group annual examinations-2009, the results, announced by the Board of Intermediate Education Karachi (BIEK) on Thursday, show the overall pass percentage is 60.87 per cent.

Of the total 432 candidates who appeared in the exams, 263 were declared passed in different grades. Some 19 students (4.40 per cent) got Grade A, 67 students (15.51 per cent) got Grade B, 106 students (24.54 per cent) got Grade C, 67 students (15.51per cent) got Grade D and, four students (0.93 per cent) got Grade E in the exams.

The Raa’na Liaquat Ali Khan College of Home Economics, being the only college of home economics in the city, bagged all the top three positions in the exams.

Ms Khadija, daughter of Feroz Faizullah (roll no.202152), clinched the first position in the exams by obtaining 942 marks (78.50 per cent) out of the total 1,200 marks.

Ms Maahin Sabir Ali, daughter of Sabir Ali Rehman (roll no.202167), bagged the second position by securing 936 marks (78 per cent) in the exams.

The third position went to Ms A group photo of position holders. Saba Iqbal Advani, daughter of Mohammad Iqbal Advani (roll no.202339). She secured 911 marks (75.92 per cent) in the exams.

Meanwhile, BIEK chairman Prof Anwar Ahmed Zai announced on Thursday that examination results, including those of Intermediate Part-II (Science) Pre-engineering and Pre-medical groups exams-2009, would be announced by mid-August so that candidates seeking admissions to professional medical and engineering colleges could get admissions in time.

Speaking at a ceremony held in honour of the position holder students on the premises of BIEK, the chairman also announced that the new pattern of examinations introduced this year in Class XI exams would be applied next year also to Class XII exams.

Under the new pattern of exams, theory papers would carry 20 per cent objective-type questions, 50 per cent short-answer questions and 30 per cent descriptive-answer questions, he said.

He said that practical exams would be of 15 marks instead of 25 marks while the theory papers, involving practical, would be of 85 marks as against the previous 75 marks. Dawn

RLAK college bags all three top positions

Karachi: The Board of Intermediate Education Karachi (BIEK) on Thursday declared the results of the Intermediate Part-II, Home Economics Group, Annual Examination 2009.

Rana Liaquat Ali Khan (RLAK) Govt College of Home Economics Karachi has once again proved its dominancy in Home Economics by fetching all three top positions. None of the candidates obtained A-One grade.

As per the results, Khadija d/o Feroz Faizullah, bearing Roll Number 202152 secured first position (78.5pc) with 942 marks out of total 1200, Mahim Sabir Ali d/o Sabir Ali Rehman (202167) got second position with (76.67pc) 936 marks and Saba Iqbal Advani d/o Muhammad Iqbal Advani (202339) secured third position with (76.25pc) 911 marks.

According to statistics, a total of 439 candidates got registered themselves for the examination out of which 432 appeared and 263 candidates have been declared successful with 60.87 pass percentage. Conversely, in the examination, a total of 19 candidates passed in A-grade, 67 in B-grade, 106 in C-grade, 67 in D-grade and only 4 candidates got E-grade.

Roll numbers to be on question sheet

Speaking at a ceremony held at the BIEK to honour the position holders, BIEK Chairman Prof Anwar Ahmed Zai congratulated all the position holders especially their parents and college teachers.

He said that the board was trying to curb the use of unfair means during the examinations. In this regard, BIEK is planning to write the candidates roll numbers on the question papers; this step may stop the cheating mafia from selling papers before the examination, he said.

“From the next academic year, blind students will have the facility of 45 extra minutes during their examinations; this measure is being taken to facilitate the students, using writers to solve their papers. However, the examination fees have also been waived for special students.

Science results, pre-engineering and pre-medical group, will be declared in August, while the results of commerce and arts faculties will be issued in September,” he added.

On the occasion several officials of the board were also present, while Director General Colleges Sindh, Dr Rafiq Siddiqui, announced that from July 25, 2009 the admission forms for Intermediate Part-I will be available.

RLAK college short of facilities

The position holders of the examinations said that the syllabus of home economics had become outdated and it should be updated.

They said, “Our college, Rana Liaquat Ali Khan (RLAK) Govt College, is really in short of basic facilities, causing immense problems for the students. The college is still deprived of gas that causes lot of problems for the students during science practicals. The college is also facing mismanagement.” They also denounced terrorism in the country and said that extremism had become the leading problem of the country.

(via interface.edu.pk)