Govt colleges show extremely poor results

By Khalid Khattak

LAHORE: Most of the government colleges of the provincial metropolis showed extremely poor results in the BA/BSc annual examination 2008 exposing the deteriorating standard of education and lack of commitment on part of students and teachers.According to the statistical analysis issued by the Punjab University, as many as 81 candidates appeared in the BA exam from Govt Islamia College Railway Road out of which only 5 could pass the exam with a pass percentage of 6.17. As many as 49 candidates from the same college appeared in the BSc exam while only 12 of them were declared successful with a pass percentage of 24.49. The pass percentage of Govt College Ravi Road, Shahdara in BA remained only 6.67 as just one candidate out of 15 who appeared in the exam, was declared successful. In the BSc, the college produced 25 percent result as one out of four students passed the exam.Only three students of Govt Degree College for Boys Raiwind out of 26 passed the BA exam while overall pass percentage of the college remained 11.54. A total of 24 students appeared in the BA exam from Govt Dyal Singh College out of which only 2 were declared successful with a pass percentage of 8.33. In BSc, the college produced 21.05 percent result as 4 out of 19 students could pass the exam. Govt Degree College for Boys Model Town also produced poor results in BA and BSc as pass percentage of both the exams remained 10.34 and 9.09 respectively. About 29 students appeared in BA out of which 3 passed while 11 had appeared in BSc out of which only one was declared successful.As many as 262 candidates had appeared in BA exam from Govt MAO College out of which only 51 graduated with 19.47 as pass percentage. In the BSc exam the college produced 23.48 percent result as 27 candidates out of 115 appeared had passed the exam.The performance of Govt Shalimar College Baghbanpura was also not so encouraging as in BA the college produced 18.28 percent results while in BSc the pass percentage was 29.51. Govt College Township produced only 19.23 percent results in BA exam while in BSc the result was 43.59 percent. Govt College of Science Wahdat Road produced 23.26 percent results in BA exam while in the BSc the college’s result is 32.54 percent.Some of the government colleges which produced relatively better results include Govt Queen Mary College (BA 76.56 percent and BSc 86.98 percent), Govt College for Women Gulberg (BA 55.42 percent and BSc 77.94 percent), Govt College for Women Baghbanpura (BA 36.94 percent and BSc 74.70 percent), Govt Fatima Jinnah College for Women Chuna Mandi (BA 56.91 percent and BSc 78.48 percent) and Govt College for Women Samanabad (BA 38.88 percent and BSc 71.43 percent) etc.

Source: The News International
August 24, 2008.