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The chairman of the Board of Secondary Education Karachi (BSEK), Ghulam Hussain Soho, has stepped down after an inquiry exposed serious irregularities in the matriculation examinations.

KARACHI: Ghulam Hussain Soho resigned as chairman of the Board of Secondary Education Karachi (BSEK), it emerged on Tuesday, following reports of irregularities and mismanagement at the board. He handed in his resignation late on Monday to the Secretary of the Universities and Boards Department, Abbas Baloch, after learning that a committee report recommended his suspension as BSEK head.” A committee formed on the directives of Sindh Universities and Boards Minister Muhammad Ismail Rahoo has completed its report, revealing that BSEK’s administrator made changes to 170 examination centres during the ongoing matric examinations. The report also recommended that the BSEK chairman be suspended. Learning this, Soho resigned himself. According to sources, Soho, in his resignation, wrote that he had tried to reform the BSEK. This, he noted, included measures such as the complete automation of the system, online payments, grievance redressal system and training of examination staff, which he contended did not sit wel...

• Officials say hundreds of students caught cheating • Board claims 95pc exam centres ‘completely secure’ • Videos of cheating, copying go viral • Political parties concerned over mismanagement KARACHI: As the ongoing matric examinations continue under the Board of Secondary Education Karachi (BSEK), multiple incidents of cheating, paper leaks and other irregularities have surfaced in the city, exposing the incompetence of the board which had been claiming a “zero tolerance” against such practices. Videos circulating on social media showed students using mobile phones during examinations at various centres. In Orangi Town, some private schools did not even send their candidates to officially designated centres and instead arranged unauthorised venues with fake permits to facilitate cheating. Footage on social media showed students using mobile phones openly in the presence of invigilators at various centres, with little to no apparent enforcement of examination rules. At several centres, candidates were also ...

KARACHI: The Board of Secondary Education Karachi (BSEK) has announced the results for the matric Science Group 2025, with a pass percentage of 83.93%. According to BSEK spokesperson, 144,681 matric candidates have manage to pass across all papers. Out of 173,738 registered candidates, 172,391 appeared in the examinations, while 1,347 were absent. Out of the […]