Staff Reporter:
The Dhaka Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education has recorded the highest pass rate among the country’s nine general education boards in this year’s Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) and equivalent examinations.
The pass rate under the Dhaka Education Board stood at 61.80 percent, while the Barishal Education Board recorded the lowest pass rate at 44.84 percent.
The average pass rate in the HSC examinations under the nine general education boards was 51.62 percent.
Education Minister Dr ANM Ehsanul Hoque Milon announced the results while the PM’s adviser, Mahdi Amin, presented the details of the results at the press conference yesterday morning.
This year, the average pass rate across 11 education boards stood at 52.12 percent, while a total of 40,084 candidates secured GPA-5.
Last year, the pass rate was 58.83 percent, and 69,097 candidates secured GPA-5. Compared to the previous year, the pass rate declined by 6.71 percentage points this year, while the number of GPA-5 achievers decreased by 29,013.
