Matric suppl from Sept 12
Lahore: The supplementary examination for Secondary School Certificate (matriculation) 2009 will commence on September 12, 2009. According to the result gazette, issued by the Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education (BISE), Lahore on Saturday, the last date of depositing the examination fee and submission of form is
August 18, 2009, with single fee, August 25, 2009, with double fee and August 31, 2009, with triple fee. BISE Lahore Controller of Exams Prof Manzurul Hassan Niazi said the recent announcement by Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif regarding elimination of examination fee was applicable only on regular students of public sector schools.
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Bahawalpur: Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education (BISE) Bahawalpur has announced the result of matric annual examination 2009, here on Saturday.

According to the result notification, Muniba Nasir roll no. 71609 of Sir Syed Public Girls School Chishtian secured 1005 marks and stood first. Muhammad Suleman roll no. 120504 of Madars-Tul Binat High School Sadiqabad and Hassan Amin roll no. 120588 of Bismillah Higher Secondary School Sadiqabad secured 998 marks and both stood second.

Muhammad Hamad Ejaz roll no. 74995 of Sir Syed Public School Chishtian and Tabinda Rashid roll no. 71118 of Fauji Foundation Model Girls School Bawalnagar secured 993 marks and both stood third.

Total 64,453 candidates appeared in the examination and 38,380 candidates passed the examination. Pass percentage comes to 59.55 percent.

Provincial Minister for Special Education Malik Muhammad Iqbal Channar was the chief guest on this occasion. App


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Karachi: All schools and colleges which are part of the Catholic Board of Education will remain closed for three days, from Monday (today) to Wednesday. This was announced by Catholic Board of Education President Archbishop Evarist Pinto, while strongly condemning the barbaric atrocities on Christians in Gojra and surrounding areas.

Meanwhile, the Pakistan Minorities Forum for Human Rights (PMFHR) has announced that it will not observe International Minority Day, which falls on August 11. Moreover, on Independence Day (August 14), they will tie black armbands and stay away from all activity associated with the day, All-Pakistan Minority Alliance Sindh Secretary general (PMFHR coordinator and former Sindh Assembly member) Michael Javed said on Sunday.

On behalf of the minority communities, he appealed to President Asif Ali Zardari, Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani, and the Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Muhammad Iftikhar Chaudhry, to take stern action against the people involved in this incident.

Javed was briefing the local media at the Karachi Press Club regarding the Gojra violence. Other members and representatives of religious minorities were present to express their solidarity with the Christians.

He lamented that none of the accused had been arrested yet, nor had a single MNA, MPA, civil society member or human rights group raised a voice against this incident. "The miscreants used dangerous chemicals possessed by the military and extremists only. They killed people and animals with it and the police failed to arrest anyone," he added.

He further said that it need to be investigated as to who provided them the deadly chemicals which ignited immediately, burning people and turning houses into ashes. Houses, cattle farms as well as water suctions pumps were turned into ashes and no serious efforts were made to save human lives or property. The mobs also looted valuables from homes, he added.

As many as seven people of a family were burnt alive and many injured by the assailants who belonged to nearby villages, Javed said, adding that the mob did not bother to investigate the matter and even attacked people at a wedding ceremony.

According to the PMFHR, 45 people initially attacked the Christian community and called others to help them. "The attackers accused the local Christians of having desecrated the Holy Quran, which was not true at all. We respect the Holy Quran in the same manner as we revere our Holy Books," Javed told journalists.

This was the third incident of its kind within a month in Punjab and unfortunately, no one has been arrested and produced in the courts yet, he said, adding that inaction on the part of the police and the local administration in the past had compounded the problem because certain elements thought that they could get away with such act.

Catholic Association General Secretary Sardar Iqbal also condemned the brutal act of killing six Christians living in Gojra and setting ablaze more than 50 houses in the Christian Colony.

"We salute our Prime Minister, the President of Pakistan who called on the Chief Minister of Punjab to take immediate action to protect the Christian colony at Gojra and bring the culprit to justice," he said.

Iqbal made a firm appeal to all Christians to remain peaceful and united, and hope that the government of Pakistan will protect Christian colonies scattered all over Pakistan.


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Karachi: The Board of Secondary Education Karachi (BSEK) has announced on Sunday that the enrolment forms of Class IX, annual examination–2010 for Science and General Group (Regular) and registration forms of SSC Part I, Private Candidates would be accepted from August 10 to October 17, 2009.

Secretary, BSEK, Hoor



Mazhar said that candidates would enrol with the board and submit their forms without late fee from August 10 to September 12 at the NBP, or HBL or Askari Commercial Bank (Board Office Booths).

However, late fee Rs100 would be charged from Sep 14 to Sep 30, 2009 and late fee Rs200 would be collected from Oct 1 to Oct 17, she added.

The enrolment forms may also be obtained from General Store of the Board against payment of cost of forms required through pay order, in favour of Secretary, BSEK, she added.

According to her, fee statement and attested photo copy of recognition, renewal letter, certificate valid upto 2009-2010 could be deposited in accounts section of the Board (Room No 4) along with required fee in the form of 'Pay Order' in favour of the Secretary, BSEK.


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BSEK sets rules for exams
Karachi, Aug 03: The academic committee of the Board of Secondary Education Karachi (BSEK) has announced that the new textbook of mathematics volume-I and II for Class X (science group) will be applicable in the 2010 academic

year and the papers will be prepared from both the volumes.

The decision was taken at a meeting held under the chairmanship of the board's chairman, Brig E. M. Shafiullah Qureshi on Friday.

It was also decided that the old physics (theory) book of Class X containing 19 lessons would be used for 2010 examination as was done in the 2009 examination. Ppi


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Psychologists advise parents to allay kids' fears and communicate with them attentively
Islamabad, Aug 03: All public and private schools are re-opening putting an end to long summer vacations but majority of kids are not warm to the idea of going back to school for many reasons. Some feel difficulty getting up early in the morning, dislike travelling in school van, dread tests, homework and assignments while for others class is a bully.

It all now depends on the parents to allay fears of their kids telling them that the end of summer means going back to school. Though it is often a welcome change for many parents to send their kids school after a long summer, some are a little sad at the thought of not having their kids with them in mornings.

Ayesah Rahim Ghazi, a Grade II student said that she was overy joyed going back to school, whih she had missed during vacations. "I felt bored as I missed all my classmates, teachers and enviroenment of school," she said.

Hashim Raza, a Grade III student, said it was hard for him to go to school as he had developed a habit of getting up late during vacations. "I want to go to school after August 14. I sleep late so I get up late too. I am trying to alter my sleeping schedule," he said.

"I am quite nervous because of school atmosphere; teachers are rude to me and they beat me up quite often. I am not willing to go back to school," said Waqar Hassan, a Grade II student.

"If your child is reluctant to go to school, discuss with him/her various school activities such as exciting school trips, swimming, painting, music lessons, funfairs, arts and craft classes etc. Remind your child of all old friends," Dr Sarkar, a psychologist at PIMS, said.

She said parents would have to communicate with their kids attentively. "If your child is unusually tearful and tense, talk to him gently and try to discover root of the problem. If he is afraid of anything of if he lags behind in school lessons, take steps to ensure his safety and dignity. Make sure all his homework is done. Talk to teachers, school principal and van driver if they can be of any help," she explained.

Dr Rizwan Taj, dean of Psychology Department at PIMS, advised parents to get their kids to wake up early at least two weeks before the end of vacations. He said some children took more time to adapt to routine than others. "In a week or two, all of their fears and reluctance will be gone and they'll be comfortable and happy in school," he said.

Sumaira Kanwal, a schoolteacher, said it was responsibility of parents to get their children involved in study. "Shifting from vacations to school routine is less troublsome for those kids who have been kept busy in studies during vavations," she said. Daily Times


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Schools open
Karachi, Aug 03: All government and private schools had opened after the summer vacation on Saturday, the Sindh education secretary has said.

The secretary, Rizwan Memon said those schools which observed a two-day weekly holiday - Saturday and Sunday - would open on Monday (today).

There was some confusion about whether parents should send their children to school on Monday as reports in a section of the media had stated that schools would be closed on Monday due to an extension in the summer vacations. Dawn


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Boys clinch top positions in AJK SSC exam result
Mirpur, Aug 03: Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education Azad Jammu Kashmir announced result of annual Secondary Schools Certificate (SSC) examination with pass percentage of 54.31 here on Saturday.

Mehtab Ahmed son of Zaheer Ahmed (roll no 126359) of

Read Foundation School Charhoie (Kotli district) secured first position overall by securing 1011 out of a total of 1050 marks.

Similarly Muhammad Zulqarnain s/o Nawab Ali (Roll No 125253) of High School Rajdhani, Kotli, secured second position by obtaining 1001 marks and Ms. Anum Habib d/o Abdul Habib (Roll No 101560) of Pak Kashmir Institute of Computer Sciences, Mirpur secured third position by obtaining 995 marks. All these first three positions holding students in the entire Board belonged to the Science group.

A special ceremony was held in the offices complex of the AJK BISE to announce the results. AJK Minister for Education (Colleges) Sardar Muhammad Naeem Khan was the chief guest on this occasion.

Besides the Education minister, Chairman of the Board Prof Dr. Muhammad Sagheer Kiyani and Controller Examination (Schools) Raja Abdul Rehman and Secretary Prof. Raja Muhammad Ayaz announced the names of the successful students who secured top 20 positions in the examination.

Among the students securing first three positions in General Group Ms. Maryam Ali d/o Ali Asghar (Roll No 134496) of Girls High School Samlotha Mirpur, Ms. Zeenat Rafique d/o Muhammad Rafique (Roll No 134780) of Girls High School Mohra Kanyal, Mirpur and Ms. Mehwish Shabbir d/o Muhammad Shabbir (Roll No 134784) of Girls High School Mohra Kanyal, Mirpur secured first, second and third positions in the examination in entire board by bagging 944, 924 and 918 marks respectively.

The AJK Education minister, while speaking on the occasion said that the AJK government will launch a plan for ensuring quality education to meet contemporary and future challenges.


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Boys tie for top Matric honours
Lahore, Aug 03: Boys received the top three overall positions in the Lahore Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education (BISE) 2009 Matriculation result, announced on Saturday.

The result was announced in a

ceremony organised by the Lahore Board and held in honour of the position-holders at Alhamra, The Mall. Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif was the chief guest.

Successful candidates: According to the result, 198,899 students appeared in the examinations and 123,291 students (62 percent) passed. Examinations Controller Professor Manzoorul Hassan Niazi announced the result.

The overall first position was a tie between Hafiz Muhammad of Government Central Model High School, Lower Mall Lahore and Ali Murtaza of LDA Model High School For Boys, Allama Iqbal Town Lahore (1,013 marks). The second overall position was awarded to Amna Tahir of Divisional Public School For Girls Model Town, Lahore (1,012 marks). The third overall position was a tie between Muhammad Bilal of Government High School, Kharianwala (Sheikhupura) and Farwa Pervaiz of Unique High School for Girls, Muslim Town Lahore (1,011 marks).

In the Science Group (boys), first position was awarded to Hafiz Muhammad and Ali Murtaza. Muhammad Bilal was second in the group and was awarded overall third position. Muhammad Naveed Alam of Government High School Chauburji Gardens Lahore was third (1,008 marks). In the Science Group (girls), Amna Athar received the first position and the overall second position. Farwa Pervaiz was awarded the second position and was third overall.

Anam Manzoor of Divisional Public School for Girls, Model Town was third (1,009 marks).

In the Humanities Group (boys), first position was a tie between Hafiz Muhammad Aqeel of the Islamic Public High School for Boys, Green Town Lahore and Muhammad Abu Bakar Ajeeb of Kasur Model High School for Boys (921 marks). Muhammad Naveed Asif of Government High School, Neharwala received the second position (919 marks). Iqbal Shahab, a private candidate, was third (906 marks). In the Humanities Group (girls), Qudsia Shahid of Farooqi Girls High School, Ravi Road Lahore was first (970 marks) and Faiza Irfan was second (960 marks). Atiqa Sajid received the third position (959 marks).

Prizes: Lahore Board Chairman Dr Anwar Kashmiri announced cash prizes and medals for the students. He said the first overall position-holder would receive Rs 20,000, a gold medal and a Pentium-4 computer, the second overall position-holder would receive a silver medal, Rs 15,000 and a Pentium-4 computer and the third overall position-holder would receive Rs 10,000, a bronze medal and a Pentium-4 computer.

The position-holders of the groups would also receive Rs 20,000, Rs 15,000 and Rs 10,000 respectively.


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RBISE SSC annual examination 2009 : Boys outshine girls by securing top three positions
Rawalpindi, Aug 03: Boys clinched overall top three positions in Secondary School Certificate (SSC) Annual examination 2009 of Rawalpindi Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education (RBISE) on Saturday.

RBISE Chairman Abdul Hafeez announced the SSC exam results here at Divisional Public School Shamsabad. Adviser to Punjab Chief Minister Saeed Mehdi was the chief guest on this occasion.

Muhammad Arslan Khan (Roll No 140416) of Radiant Secondary School for Boys Iqbal Town, Rawalpindi got the overall first position in the division by securing 1013 marks out of 1050 marks. Sajjad Hussain (Roll No 140417) and Syed Sanaullah Shah (Roll No 140418) of the same school secured overall second and third positions by getting 1010 and 1009 marks respectively. All these students were from Science Group.

A total of 106,349 candidates appeared in the exam under the new course while 10,207 under the old course. The pass percentage of new and old course students stood at 62 percent and 65 percent respectively.

Under the new course girls fared better than boys with a pass percentage of 68.85 percent, whereas boys pass percentage stood at 55.89 percent. Under the old course boys pass percentage stood at 68 percent against girls' 60 percent pass percentage.

Among Science Group girls, Shamsa Kanwal (Roll No. 127206) and Sana Ghaffar Bajwa (Roll No. 127207) of Asif Public Girls Higher Secondary School Al Noor Colony, Rawalpindi stood first by obtaining 1008 marks each, while Anam Pervez (Roll No. 124176) of Siddique Public School, Rawalpindi got second position by obtaining 997 marks and Munaza Bakht (Roll No. 083156) of Fauji Foundation Model Secondary School for Girls, Fateh Jang, Attock, remained third by obtaining 994 marks.

Among General Group boys, Muhammad Ijaz (Roll No. 172982) of Darul Aaloom Mohiul Islam Siddique, Tehsil Kallar Sayedan, District Rawalpindi and Jamal Mustafa (Roll No. 185771), a private candidate, shared the first position by securing 915 marks. Qaiser Nadeem (Roll No. 186251) of Barrack No 5/8, Central Jail, Adiala Rawalpindi got second position by obtaining 908 marks, while Muhammad Zia-ul-Karam (Roll No. 158957) of Darul Aaloom Muhammadia Rizvia, Pind Daden Khan stood third by obtaining 905 marks.

In General Group girls, Ayesha Inaam Qureshi (Roll No. 163509), a private candidate, stood first by obtaining 927 marks, Farrah Tufail (Roll No. 081627) of Government Girls High School Hazro, Attock got second position by getting 922 marks and Bushra Liaquat (Roll No. 175804), private candidate got third position by obtaining 920 marks.

Addressing on this occasion, Mehdi said the Punjab government was giving top priority to the education sector and encouraging students by giving them cash rewards, medals and some other facilities including scholarships. He said they had increased the education budget by 60 percent. He said the government was also encouraging private sector educational institutions.

He said the government was paying full attention to provide quality education to children of the poor people. He said to achieve this objective the Punjab chief minister (CM) had decided to establish Danish School System in all tehsils of Punjab for boys and girls.

He said the CM would soon lay foundation stone of the RBISE building, which would be completed at a cost of Rs 800 million.

Later, he awarded medals and cash prizes to the top position holders. Rs 25,000 cash, a computer and gold medal was awarded to the overall first position-holder, Rs 15,000 and silver medal to the second position-holder and Rs 10,000 cash and bronze medal to the 3rd position-holder.

Medals and shields were also awarded to girl and boy students who got position in their respective groups.

RBISE Secretary Humayun Iqbal, Controller Examinations, MNA Malik Ibrar, MPA Raja Hanif Advocate, heads of educational institutions and a large number of parents were also present on this occasion. Daily Times


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