Peshawar - Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education, Peshawar on Friday announced results of the grade 10 and 12 examinations.
The results were announced at a ceremony, held for the highly achieving students, with KP Minister for Elementary and Secondary Education Shahram Khan Tarakai as chief guest.
All students qualified the exams because the authorities had already announced to award at least passing 33 percent marks to the below average students.
A total of 60,459 students had applied for the examination and 57886 could appear in the exam while 2573 remained absent. All those who appeared were declared passed.
Adan Tariq, a student of the Jinnah College for Women, University of Peshawar, topped the board’s HSSC exam by securing a record 1084 marks out of the total 1100, in pre-medical group. Salman Jamshed of Capital College Peshawar stood second in the exam by bagging 1078 marks and he was followed by Mohammad Shoaib, a student of Islamia College Peshawar, with 1076 marks, thus grabbing third position.
In pre-engineering group, Laiba Gulaly of Jinnah College for Women secured first position in the board by securing 1076 marks. Shahzad Bangash of Capital College Peshawar stood second in pre-engineering in the board by obtaining 1074 marks and Syed Hassaan Ali Shah of the same college scored 1072 marks and thus got third position.
In humanities group, Hassan Muhammad of Islamia College Peshawar stood first with 1076 marks. Javaria of College of Home Economics at University of Peshawar and Hafsa Shoaib shared the second position with 1052 marks. Similarly, Sana Gul of Government Girls Comprehensive Higher Secondary School Peshawar bagged third position with 1050 marks.
In pre-computer group, Zubair Akhtar of a local college secured 1068 marks and stood first. He was followed by Rahmatullah, of the same college with 1058 marks and Saif Ali Khan of Islamia College Peshawar with 1052 marks.
It merits a mention here that owing to Covid-19 pandemic, the exam was conducted in only three elective papers.
In the SSC exam, a total of 84,830 students had been enrolled by the board for appearing in the examinations but 2291 did not appear, while rest were declared passed.
Three students shared the top position by securing an unbelievable 1098 marks, out of the total 1100, which are almost 100 percent marks. The students who clinched the honour included Rimsha Imran of Peshawar Model Girls High School-II, Sahibzada Aizaz Haleem of Peshawar Model School, Charsadda and Umar Kifayat of New Islamia Public High School, Charsadda.
Fourteen students shared the second position by obtaining 1096 marks and 21 students were declared third position holders with 1094 marks.