The Aga Khan University Examination Board (AKU-EB) has announced results for its Secondary and Higher Secondary School Certifications for the April/ May 2019 examination session. This year, the Examination Board assessed students in 84 subjects across 40 examination centres in Pakistan.

"As leaders in assessment in Pakistan, AKU-EB continues to ensure high quality standards through reliable, valid, fair assessment, support to teachers in schools and through fair and transparent conduct of examination. This year we are pleased to see new schools changing the trends of taking positions. Community Colleges in Sindh which are public sector institutions adopted by Sukkur IBA University brings in great success stories.

Students from varied backgrounds have received high achievers awards and everyone is able to get level playing field in our system. It therefore shows that assessment is the driving force and a good assessment system helps to improve the overall school system," said Dr Shehzad Jeeva, Director, AKU-EB

The overall passing rate for SSC students is 95.6% with 45.8% of candidates scoring 'A' grade and above.

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