The overall pass percentage of regular, private and ex-candidates remained 74.71 percent.
Federal Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education (FBISE) Islamabad has announced result of Secondary School Certificate Examination 2016.
In total, 63,711 regular candidates appeared in the examination out of which 58,081 have been declared successful showing pass percentage of 91.61 percent, whereas the number of private and ex-candidates, who appeared in the examination was 19,183 out of which 7809 candidates declared successful. The overall pass percentage of regular, private and ex-candidates remained 74.71 percent.
It is pertinent to mention that overall first three positions went to the female students.
Manaal Amir of Army Public School Peshawar got the first position, securing 1032 marks in Science Group; whereas Areej Sajjad of Fauji Foundation College for Girls, New Lalazar Rawalpindi, Cant achieved first position in Humanities group securing 985 marks.
Minister of State for Federal Education and Profession Training Muhammad Baleeg-ur-Rehman was the chief guest on the occasion.
Speaking at the occasion Baleegh-ur-Rehman said that the Federal Government will introduce a new education policy in consensus with all the provinces to meet the requirments of the contemporary needs. He added that the National Curriculum Council has been set up to prepare curriculum according to the defined national education standards.
He said that the FBISE is one of the best education boards in the country; adding that the Federal Government has launched a project to improve all the regional education boards and in this regard an amount of 50 million rupees has been earmarked.
Later the chief guest distributed prizes among the position holders.
