KRACHI(Education Reporter): The Board of Intermediate Education Karachi (BIEK), on the directives of Chairman Fakhar Muhammad Lakho, has announced the results for the Intermediate Part-I annual examinations across various streams, including Pre-Medical, Science General, Commerce (Regular & Private), Arts (Regular & Private), Special Candidates (Arts Regular), and Home Economics. A notable highlights reveals that 51 percent of candidates in the Pre-Medical group failed. Controller of Examinations Zarina Rashid explained that evaluation of all elective subjects across the science groups was conducted using advanced E-Assessment, Optical Mark Recognition (OMR), and E-Marking systems.
Statistical breakdowns show that in the Science Pre-Medical group, out of 25,157 registered candidates, 24,544 appeared, with 11,966 successfully clearing all six papers. In the Science General group, 30,991 students registered, 30,386 appeared, and 15,036 cleared all six papers (a 50 percent pass rate). For Commerce Regular, out of 23,549 registrations, 22,693 candidates appeared, with only 9,332 passing all seven papers. In Commerce Private, 1,413 candidates appeared out of 1,485 registered, with 628 passing all seven papers. In Arts Regular, 10,678 candidates appeared out of 11,171 registered, with 3,748 clearing all six papers, whereas in Arts Private, 1,623 candidates appeared out of 1,702 registered, with 692 passing all six papers. For Special Candidates (Arts Regular), 97 candidates appeared out of 99 registered, with 58 clearing all six papers. Lastly, in Home Economics, 141 candidates appeared out of 146 registered, with 141 passing all seven papers.
Under the new grading system mandated by IBCC and the Universities & Boards Department, Government of Sindh, candidates scoring below 40 percent in any paper are classified as “Ungraded” (U) and deemed unsuccessful in that subject. Such students must reappear for those specific subjects in subsequent examinations. Results for all groups have been uploaded to the BIEK official website, and students can also access their results via the “BIEK” official Android app available on Google Play Store.