Karachi, Pakistan: This year’s Higher Secondary School Certificate (HSSC) position holders, graduating from Aga Khan University Examination Board (AKU-EB) are all from Karachi.
Muhammad Aziz from Aga Khan Higher Secondary School Karachi, this year’s top position holder, achieved 88.2 per cent. The second and third position holders were Syed Akber Ali Shah with 87.8 percent and Mehak Rajani with 87.5 per cent, also from Aga Khan Higher Secondary School in Karachi.
The number of HSSC II candidates sitting the exam this year was twice the amount last year, which was the first year AKU-EB examined both parts of the HSSC. The overall pass rate for this year’s HSSC exams was 85.7 per cent.
“Students last year gained admission to over 60 leading universities and higher education institutions worldwide including the University of Regina in Canada, the University of Hertfordshire in the UK and top Pakistani medical and engineering universities including NED University of Engineering and Technology, Dow University of Health Sciences and Lahore University of Management Sciences,” said Dr Thomas Christie, Director, AKU-EB. “Our HSSC candidates have the skills to compete and get into leading universities anywhere.”
To facilitate students moving from higher secondary education to university studies, the Higher Education Commission (HEC) of Pakistan and AKU-EB have been collaborating for the past two years on refining testing and assessment practices in universities across the country. “Because educational standards cannot be improved in isolation, we are pleased to be working with the HEC to expand the perception of learning to something more than that which can be measured with just marks. Assessment is also about preparing a child with the critical thinking skills to be able to adapt to any situation in his or her future,” stated Dr Christie.
Candidates may view this year’s HSSC results online with a detailed breakdown on how they performed as compared to their group peers.
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About Aga Khan University
AKU was chartered in 1983 as Pakistan's first private university. Its objective is to promote human welfare in general, and the welfare of the people of Pakistan in particular, by disseminating knowledge and providing instruction, training, research and service in the health sciences, education and such other branches of learning as the University may determine. AKU also has programmes in Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, the United Kingdom, Afghanistan, Syria and Egypt.
About Aga Khan University Examination Board
AKU-EB is a Federal Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education established by AKU in response to demand from schools for more appropriate school examinations. AKU-EB was founded in August 2003 in accordance with Ordinance CXIV of the Government of Pakistan to offer examination services for both Secondary School Certificate (SSC) and Higher Secondary School Certificate (HSSC) throughout Pakistan and abroad. It offers its qualifications both in Urdu and English medium. AKU-EB’s primary purpose is to improve the quality of education by making examinations of reputable standard more accessible to Pakistani students and having them increasingly valued by leading higher education institutions in and outside the country.
Media contact:
Hassaan Akhter, Media Executive, Department of Public Affairs, Aga Khan University, Stadium Road, Karachi, on +92 21 3486 2927 or hassaan.akhter@aku.edu
