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.