JI calls for sit-in outside Board of Intermediate Education Karachi after 80 per cent students fail

The Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) has announced a sit-in outside the Board of Intermediate Education office in Karachi (BoIEK) following the announcement of inter results which revealed that about 80 per cent Arts students had failed.

In a press conference in Karachi, JI’s city chief Hafiz Naeemur Rehman blamed BoIEK for putting children’s future at stake by undermining their education due with their ineptness.

He has also claimed that the students were subjected to board’s incompetence during examinations such as cheating, paper leaks, and external interference, so much so that Metropolitan University, Karachi University, and NED University can not be deemed as credible anymore.

Hafiz Naeemur Rehman also called for a protest outside the Intermediate Board office on Friday, asking students to join along with their mark sheets.

Background

The results for first-year (Part-I) examination announced by the Board of Intermediate Education Karachi (BIEK) raised concerns as more than 50 per cent of the students have failed.

According to the inter board spokesperson, 72 per cent of the candidates failed in arts first year (private) and 80 per cent in arts (regular).

He added that 11,046 candidates participated in the Arts (regular) exams in which only 2,298 candidates were successful while 2,795 candidates participated in the Arts private exams in which 792 candidates passed all the papers.

Additionally, 63 per cent of the candidates failed in Commerce (private) as 1,986 candidates participated in the exams, out of which 744 candidates passed all the papers.