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SSC annual exams kick off with leaked paper, late start and blame game
July 6, 2021
Before the Secondary School Certificate (SSC) Annual Examinations 2021 began on Monday, the first question paper of physics had been leaked on WhatsApp groups, and later widely spread on other social media platforms.
Moreover, centre control officers (CCOs) and invigilators could not ensure timely delivery of question papers to several examination centres. Board officials have suspended a number of examiners posted at various centres over administrative negligence.
Board of Secondary Education Karachi (BSEK) Chairman Syed Sharaf Ali Shah had forwarded a letter to the law enforcement agencies through the district administration on Friday, asking that Section 144 be enforced at all the exam centres to prevent external interference. Photostat shops would also be kept closed during exam hours.
Reacting to the recent decision taken by the National Command and Operation Centre to extend the closure of educational institutes till May 23, the private school associations of Sindh have said.
Karachi
January 17, 2021
The low-fee Naunehal Secondary School in Karachi’s District West emerged thrice after being bombed by terrorists, but the financial crunch caused by the Covid-19 pandemic has forced it to be shut down permanently.
Located near Kati Pahari in Islamia Colony, the school had been reopened in October 2019, six years after terrorists had forced it to be closed over co-education.
Ignoring the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan’s (TTP) initial threats, the school’s owners Abdul Waheed and Syed Latif had continued running the educational institution with the same unwavering dedication.
A few days later, however, TTP terrorists bombed the school, causing severe injuries to Latif. “At the time the incident took place in 2012, I was inside the school discussing the TTP’s threats with my friend Waheed,” recalls Latif.
Karachi
January 11, 2021
After educational institutions were shut down for the second time last year in view of the second wave of Covid-19, over 300 low-fee private schools across Karachi have closed for good.
The All Private Schools Management Association (APSMA) and the All Sindh Private Schools & Colleges Association (ASPSCA) said that a majority of these schools had been running in underprivileged areas of the city.
They said owners and administrators of hundreds of other constituent schools have been approaching them for financial assistance, but the associations are not in any position to help them and save the futures of thousands of their students.