GUJRANWALA RESULTS

GUJRANWALA RESULTS: AN ATTEMPT TO PLAY WITH FORTUNE OF HARDWORKING STUDENTS

This article refers to the recent FSC/FA part-i result published by BISE Gujranwala. Very unusual misstatements appeared in the result announcement. Even the students who were present in papers were shown absent. Marks of subjects were haphazardly categorized. Like Practical Marks were included with economics paper which doesn’t contain practical in fact; some other mistakes were also observed. The publication of the result disappointed the hard working youth of Pakistan. Gujranwala is the large division of Punjab and with the messed up result students from six districts including Gujranwala, Gujarat, Hafiz bad, Sialkot, Mandi Baha ul din, and Narowal affected. The publication of the results triggered student protests in several cities of the province. Especially Gujranwala, Lahore, GT road Gujarat, Multan, Bahawalpur and some other parts of the province seemed in protests. Due to the appalling result one student from Government College committed suicide too according to media sources.

On Friday, the demonstrations started from Multan, Bahawalpur, Rahim Yar Khan and Mandi Baha ul din soon after the day of announcement of bogus results. The government authorities took some actions on the third day when demonstrations took strength and students surrounded the Gujranwala Board building. The angry students burnt the records of board office and also broke down some board property too. Very huge numbers of students were participating in protest for their rights. At some occasions parents of offended students seemed joining the protests. The media teams were also present there and they showed the live protests in between Saturday morning and mid noon.

Later on, in the evening of Saturday intermediate part-i results of several boards cancelled. The measure was taken following the protests across the Punjab. The overall credit must go to student who stood up for their rights. Their stand compelled the government to cancel the results and the revised results will be announced again with 45 days and students who scored between 600 to 900 would get their papers re-checked without being charged any fees. Now it seems that students by hook or by crook have gotten their rights. But, one student lost his life in suicide attempt in the reaction and about 15 students injured in opposition with police. What should be done to the responsible ones?

The guilty must be punished. There is severe need of setting an example from the event. Education system where on one side has many other problems like copy culture etc, has also faced the difficulty due to inattentive board actions. There must be held an effective enquiry and the guilty must be reprimanded.