Girls outclass boys in SSC annual exam

Rawalpindi

As expected girls outclassed the boys students in the Secondary Certificate Annual Examination (Part-II) of the Federal Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education, held in the months of March-April, 2017.

Minister of State of Education Baligh ur Rehman graced the occasion as chief guest in the result distribution ceremony which was also attended by Dr. Ikram Ali Sheikh, controller of Examinations, Ahmed Nawaz Malik besides other concerned officials and parents of the top position-holders.

According to the result announced, overall first position was shared by Qandeel Khurshid of Islamabad Model College for Girls, I-10/4, Islamabad with roll no. 157662 and Shehzeen Tariq bearing roll number 170642 of Connoisseur Grammar School System (Girls Wing), Queen's Road, Sargodha Cantt, belonging to Science group grabbed overall first position in the examination by achieving 1034 total marks.

Similarly, the second position was also shared by two girl students as both as achieved same marks. According to result announced Momina Bashir, roll no. 174205 of Army Public School for Girls, 52-Tufail Road, Lahore Cantt and Wajeeha Irfan, roll no. 168211 of Army Public School and College, 208-Humayun, Rawalpindi Cantt got 1032 marks to attain overall second position in the board examination. Both these students also belonged to science group.

While the third position was shared by three students one boy and two girl students. The students who equally shared third position include Mohammad Maheer Mubashir, roll no. 127851 of Iqra Grammar School, Farooq Colony, Sargodha, Zahira Nawaz, roll no. 166872 of the Educators High School (The Mall Campus), Raja Akram Road, Peshawar Road, Rawalpindi and Isbahi Iftikhar with roll no. 174723 of Hamza Army Public School, Stadium Road, Hamza Camp, Rawalpindi. All these three students got 1031 marks in the examination. They also belonged to Science Group.

In Humanities Group Muhammad Awais Afzal with Roll no. 154988 of Askaria College, Rawalpindi bagged first position by getting 980 marks. He was followed by Muhammad Sudais, Roll no. 153038 of Institute of Islamic Sciences, Satra Meel, (F.A), Islamabad who got 958 marks to remain second. While Zahra with roll no.198854 of Pakistan International School , Tal Al Deen Al-Makki Azizyah, Jeddah 21462, Saudi Arabia got 951 marks to grab third position in this group.

After announcement of the result, the minister, Baligh ur Rehman congratulated the top position holders as well as their parents, teachers of the respective institutions. He also advised the students who failed to clear students not to lose heart and work hard to achieve success in the supplementary examinations.

According to notification issued to the Federal Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education the Supplementary examination will commence from September 12, 2017.

Monsoon pattern change may affect agriculture the next 24 hours more rain-thundershower with gusty winds is expected at scattered places in KP, Fata, Islamabad, Rawalpindi, Gujranwala, Lahore, Faisalabad, Sargodha, Sahiwal divisions, Gilgit-Baltistan and Kashmir, while at isolated places in Multan, DG Khan, Bahawalpur and Zhob divisions. They predicted that drizzle is expected at few places along Sindh coast while hot and humid weather will be observed elsewhere in the country.

During the last 24 hours, various cities received rain, including Gujranwala 54mm, Noorpur Thal 53mm, Bahawalpur (AP 45mm, City 17mm), Okara 43mm, Mandi Bahauddin, Faisalabad 39mm, Multan, Rahimyar Khan 34mm, Gujrat 33mm, Khanpur 28mm, TT Singh 25mm, Lahore (Punjab University 30mm, PBO 23mm, AP 16mm), Jhang 22mm, Sialkot (AP 21mm, City 13mm), Jhelum 20mm, Kasur 18mm, Mangla 15mm, Kot Addu 13mm, Murree 12mm, Sahiwal 10mm, Bhakkar 08mm, Mianwali 07mm, Sargodha (City 06mm, PAF 06mm), Joharabad 06mm, Chakwal, Bahawalnagar 04mm, Layyah 02mm, Rawalpindi 01mm, Rawalakot 53mm, Muzaffarabad 44mm, Kotli 13mm, Garhi Dupatta 12mm, Barkhan 35mm, Kakul 27mm, Cherat 23mm, Balakot 12mm, Malam Jabba 07mm, Parachinar 06mm, Saidu Sharif, Dir 02mm, Peshawar (City 02mm) and Astore 02mm. Wednesday’s maximum temperature was recorded at Sibbi where mercury reached 46°C while in Lahore, it was 30°C, minimum was 21.8°C and humidity was 59 percent.