Karachi:About eighty per cent of the male candidates who took their HSSC Part-II Humanities (regular) group exams failed to clear their papers, according to statistics released on Thursday by the Board of Intermediate Education Karachi (BIEK).

As per the figures released by BIEK, 1,752 male candidates were registered, of whom 1,696 appeared in the exams, while only 352 managed to pass. The overall pass percentage was 20.75 per cent. Some 12,165 female students had registered for the exams, out of which 11,925 appeared and 4,145 cleared the exams, putting the pass percentage at 34.76.

Zainab Haroon of BAMM PECHS Government College for Women clinched first position among the Humanities (regular) group with 883 out of 1100 marks.

The second position went to Ifrah Zafar, a student of DHA Degree College for Women, while the third position was bagged by Zainab Zahid, also from the same college.

Only a single candidate bagged A-One grade in the Humanities (regular) group, while two cases of unfair means were reported. Thirteen results were withheld for want of correct information and necessary documents, and their results would be announced later, BIEK officials said.

Only a single female candidate was awarded an A-One grade, while four male students and 48 female candidates received A-grades in the exams. As many as 26 male and 503 female candidates passed the exams with B grades, while 123 male and 1,592 female candidates received C grades. Further, 170 male and 1,825 female candidates got D grades, while 29 male and 176 female candidates received E grades in the exams.

According to the statistics released by the BIEK, the result of 37 colleges was 50 per cent and above. Another 35 colleges yielded less than 50 per cent but above 30 per cent results. There were 36 colleges where the result remained less than 30 per cent and above, while 55 colleges produced less than 20 per cent result. THE NEWS.