2004:
Candidates appeared 3455
Candidates passed 327
Percentage 9.46%
2005:
Candidates Appeared: 3678
Candidates Passed in Written: 276
Pass Percentage: 7.5%
2006:
Candidates Appeared: 4125
Candidates Passed in Written: 275
Pass Percentage: 6.66%
2007:
Candidates Appeared = 3505
Candidates Passed in Written Part = 194
Pass Percentage = 5.5 %
2008:
CANDIDATES APPEARED : 4247
CANDIDATES PASSED : 689
PASS PERCENTAGE : 16.22 %
2009:
CANDIDATES APPEARED : 5707
CANDIDATES PASSED :900
PASS PERCENTAGE :15.77 %
2010:
Candidates Appeared :7759
Candidates Passed :638
Pass Percentage :8.22 %
2011:
Candidates Appeared 9063
Candidates Passed 882
Pass Percentage 9.7%
2012:
Candidates Appeared : 10066
Candidates Passed : 800
Pass Percentage : 7.95%
2013:
Candidates Appeared: 11406
Candidates Passed: 238
Pass Percentage: 2.09%
How can FPSC justify such an inconsistency in the passing ratios? Did students get a lot smarter in 2008-09 and were the candidates in 2013 the worst of this decade ?