Majority of students barely achieved 50% marks in both subjects between 2017 and 2019, states report
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The matriculation Science group results have laid bare some shocking revelations about the deteriorating standard of education particularly in maths and physics. The startling revelations were made in a recent study report of the Board of Secondary Education Karachi (BSEK). The scores achieved by students in maths and physics paint a grim picture.
From 2017 to 2019, the statistics revealed that a significant majority of the students barely achieved 50 per cent marks or less in both subjects.
In 2019 exam, more than 157,000 students from public and private schools in Karachi appeared. According to the results, more than 82 per cent of the students passed the physics paper. As per the statistical analysis, it emerged that only 12 per cent of the total students scored 80 per cent or more in physics, while 27 per cent obtained 50 per cent or less in the paper.
The Board of Secondary Education Karachi’s (BSEK) matriculation exam results for mathematics have exposed the deteriorating education standards in the city.
As per the data released by the BSEK, the majority of the candidates had received 50 percent or lesser marks in Physics and Mathematics.
A breakdown of the statistics revealed that of a total of 157,000 candidates from public and private schools who had taken the Matriculation examinations in 2019, 82 percent had passed the Physics examination. Only 12 percent had scored 80 percent or more marks in it, and 27 percent had obtained either 50 or fewer marks in it.
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In the same year, a little above 12 percent of the 158,000 candidates who had taken the Maths examination had scored over 80 percent marks in it. Of the total 83 percent who had passed the examination, 34 percent had scored either 50 or fewer marks in it. Additionally, 10.09 percent had scored between 70 and 80 marks, 11.75 percent had scored between 60 and
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