Board of Intermediate Education Karachi (BIEK) officially announced the HSC Part 1 results for 2024 in all academic groups on December 24, 2024. The results include complete details for Pre-Medical Sciences, Pre-Engineering, General Sciences, Private Humanities , Private Commerce and Home Economics, and like every year, there is a fiasco around the results, highlighting the chaos of how the students who obtained excellent grades in Enrollment have performed poorly in their first year. In a statement, the BIEK examination controller highlighted the performance of each group, highlighting the challenges faced by first-year students in passing the exams. In the Pre-Medicine group, 31,267 students were enrolled, of which 30,528 took the exams. Of them, 10,914 students passed all six exams, while the rest achieved partial success. In the Pre-Engineering group, 23,391 students enrolled and 22,973 took the exams. Of them, 6,674 passed all six exams, while many others achieved partial success in some subjects. For the General Sciences group, 17,690 students registered and 17,375 showed up. Of them, 6,282 passed all six exams, demonstrating commendable performance. In the Arts (Private) group, 2,268 candidates registered and 2,080 took the exams. Only 552 managed to pass all six exams. The Commerce (Private) group registered 1,651 registrations and 1,570 students showed up. A total of 490 candidates passed all seven exams and the rest passed a limited number of subjects. In the Home Economics group, 194 students enrolled and 190 sat. Of them, 75 passed the seven exams. Officials noted that while many students managed to pass all their exams, a considerable number showed partial progress by passing fewer exams. Plight of students Students have complained about the results since they were announced, a recurring problem every year, as mentioned above. Despite this repeated story for Sindh Board students, it is strange that no solution has been found. Typically, the results are published, followed by a scrutiny procedure, which Zoya*, a student at a public university in Karachi, described as "unsuccessful" in his own words. “This is so unfair. Students work very hard throughout the year, making sure to memorize every detail of the syllabus, only to face this mental agony once the results are announced. Our elderly parents are forced to wander around the board offices, pleading with officials to re-check our documents,” she said, her voice filled with anger as she fought back tears. Zoya, a pre-medical student, scored 85% in her matriculation exams, but her percentage dropped to 64% in her first year of high school. This came as a shock to her as she struggled to understand how a student who performed so well in Matriculation could score so low in the intermediate level. Similarly, Hussaina, another medical student from a public university, who scored an impressive 79.6% with a distinction in Chemistry from the Aga Khan University Examination Board (AKUEB), saw her percentage drop to 43% in her first year. “I have obtained low grades in chemistry and physics. I got a distinction in chemistry in my matric but surprisingly I didn’t even pass chemistry this year. My overall grade in tuition was an A, but in my first year I barely got an A,” he told the PAkGazette. Hussaina has not yet opted for scrutiny. Students in pre-engineering groups do not face a very different fate. As I passed by the Practical Center, I ran into a group of disheartened students standing outside. I approached a boy who looked particularly gloomy. “I got 90% in Matric. My training center, which was just a small establishment in my neighborhood in Federal Area B, Block 12, even had my face printed on its brochures. I studied day and night for my first-year exams, only to end up with a 68% and a D in Physics, which, by the way, is one of my strongest subjects,” Hassan* said on condition of anonymity. His friend Fahad*, who scored 84% in Matriculation, failed Maths despite consistently scoring A’s in all his coaching exams throughout the year. “He is the one who taught us the concepts. I can’t understand the fact that he didn’t pass the exam,” said Ayub*, a friend of Fahad. As these students aspire for competitive engineering and medical exams, it is unfortunate that they have to endure such mental agony at a young age, leaving a lifelong impact on their mental and, in some cases, physical health. Action by authorities so far The Board of Intermediate Education Karachi (BIEK) has introduced a 50% discount on the scrutiny fee for students who wish to revise their exams, Express News reported on Monday. The reduced fee, earlier fixed at Rs 1,000 per paper, is now applicable exclusively to Part I Intermediate Annual Examinations 2024 for Pre-Medical Science, Pre-Engineering, General Science, Home Economics, Private Commerce and Private Arts groups. Students can submit scrutiny forms till February 3, which can be downloaded along with the payment proof from the official website of the Board. To expedite the process, the BIEK president has ordered the installation of special counters at the Board Facilitation Center for submission of forms and fees. Furthermore, in response to concerns raised by students regarding the 2024 Intermediate Part I exam results, Karachi Board of Intermediate Education Chairman Syed Sharf Ali Shah announced the formation of an inquiry committee to address the complaints. Names have been changed to protect the identity of the students.
BIEK 2024 results: Chaos, disappointments and broken dreams
