Class 5, 8 results announced

LAHORE
Punjab Examination Commission (PEC) announced the results of Class-5 and Class-8 Annual Examinations 2015 according to which overall pass percentage in Class-5 stood at 59.97 percent while that of Class-8 at 67.99 percent.
PEC chief executive officer Nasir Iqbal Malik said a total of 11, 941, 59 candidates had appeared in Class-5 and 92, 814, 7 candidates in Class-8 exams adding the pass percentage was higher among girl students and the candidates from urban areas. He said it was for the first time that the candidates were being informed about their results through SMS service by the PEC. Reportedly, the overall first position in Class-5 was bagged by Insha Anwar of a private school from Lahore by securing 482 marks out of 500 while in Class-8 the first position was clinched by Aman Ahmed of a public school from Gujranwala. Nasir Iqbal said the pass percentage was set at 33 marks out of 100. To a question, he said the fate of candidates securing below 33 percent marks would be decided by the government after consultation. He said the retention of the students was equally important especially after the Right to Education (RTE) legislation in the province.
Meanwhile, there were reports of mismanagement about the availability of results. The students and their parents faced problems in getting the results as the PEC website too could not be accessible because of the load on server. Many students and their parents complained about unfair marking and demanded the PEC authorities to give them a chance of rechecking of the papers.
PEC’s CEO said the candidates would be allowed to apply for rechecking of the papers.
assembly: The South Asia Partnership Pakistan in collaboration with an NGO We Can organised the 2nd Children Assembly on Tuesday at Ali Institute Auditorium. This year the Assembly was dedicated to the martyrs of the attack on Army Public School Peshawar.
Children, both girls and boys and their teachers from 15 schools in the provincial metropolis, participated in this Assembly and performed various skits. Their basic focus was to demand security for the children, not to keep quiet, but to say and act to achieve the goal to educate every child in Pakistan that this was going to be our revenge from those cowards who attacked and killed innocent children and teachers to highlight the importance of education.