Lahore: The Lahore Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education has released the much-anticipated results for the matriculation exams 2024, which will bring happiness and contemplate more than 250,000 students passed. According to the Controller of Examinations, Zahid Mian, 174000 students passed and the overall pass percentage was 69. undefined
When broken down by academic streams, the students in the Science stream performed fairly well, scoring 73 percent. undefined However, female students performed well, with a remarkable 80 percent pass rate, a figure that was slightly higher than the 67 percent achieved by the male students. Even the Arts group registered some gains though with a 55% pass rate. In this case, girls performed better than boys with a 63% pass rate as compared to 38% for boys.
However, issues of examination malpractice continued to arise even with these achievements in place. The board found 267 cases of cheating, which led to more than 60 FIRs being filed. Speaking to the challenges, controller Zahid Mian stated that the board would ensure examination integrity remained uncompromised.
Another observation was the gender difference in performance where male students outperformed their female counterparts. The findings also supported the pattern of girls performing better than boys in both Science and Arts streams. This trend is part of a wider process to provide female students in education with more power.
Students interested in checking their results can do so through the official website of BISE Lahore. Students have to access their roll number in a specific portal to view their individual outcomes. Also, there is a mobile SMS facility for students to check the results by sending the roll number and the district code of the board.
In 2024, the matriculation results of the Lahore Board show that there are not only successes in the learning process but also continuous problems with the preservation of examination integrity. The pass rates of females in their exams are a ray of hope for achieving equal education for boys and girls.
