80 pc pass SSC exams: Record 82,961 secure GPA-5, cent percent successful schools number 2,927

Average passing rate and number of GPA 5 show extraordinary increase in this year’s Secondary School Certificate (SSC) and equivalent examinations’ results published yesterday.

Of the total 12,09,075 students who sat for this year’s SSC and

equivalent examinations under the ten education boards, 9,60,492

came out successful with the pass percentage being 79.98, which is

9.09 percent higher than last year.

A total of 9,16,180 candidates appeared in SSC exams under eight boards- the conventional educational system, apart from the Madrasah and technical boards. Of them 713,560 passed returning a rate of about 78.19 percent.

A total of 82,961 candidates of SSC and equivalent examinations under 10 education boards secured GPA- 5 this year, while the number was 62,307 last year.

The number of GPA-5 holders in the SSC examinations rose sharply by 24.90 per cent compared to that of previous year.

The number of schools with cent percent success has also increased to

2,927 from last year’s 2,726 and the number of schools with zero success has come down to 49 from last year’s 72.

Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid, at a press conference in the ministry, announced the results yesterday at 1:00pm in presence of the Education Secretary and Education Board Chairmen.

Earlier, the education minister handed over a copy of the results with the Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. The Prime Minister congratulated the students passed in the first public examination of their life. She also appreciated the Ministry of Education for making a number of initiatives to develop education system.

Referring to the overall improvement in SSC level Education, Nurul Islam Nahid said, in all the ten education boards including Madrasa and Technical board the results are comparatively better than the previous year.

The rise of 9 percent over last year’s pass rate of 71 percent was because of special efforts of the government, said the minister.

Referring to the higher number of candidates passing the exams, minister Nurul Isalm Nahid said, “We initiated some steps to prevent drop-out of the students. This is the reason behind the boost in pass rate”.

“Our target is to gain 100 percent pass rate in all the institutions”, he said.

In Dhaka Education Board 77.99 percent students passed, in Rajshahi Board 85.61,in Barisal Board 74.64, in Sylhet Board 78.42, in Comilla Board 81.03, in Jessore Board 79.18, in Chittagong Board 72.31, in Dinajpur Board 71.70, in Madrasa Board 86.70 and in Technical Board 82.72.

Rajuk Uttara Model School and College came up as the top school at the Secondary School Certificate (SSC) examinations this year by attaining 94.29 point under the new ranking system of the board.

Viqarunnisa Noon School came up at the fourth position losing its unique position in previous years but it grasped the highest number 926 of GPA 5 out of its 1,115 examinees. This year, a total of 62,134 students secured GPA-5 under eight education boards while the figure was 45,934 last year.

The number of GPA-5 achievers stood at 21,142 in Dhaka Board, 10,568 in Rajshahi Board, 7,399 in Jessore Board, 6,634 in Dinajpur Board, 5,863 in Comilla Board, 5,800 in Chittagong Board, 2,751 in Barisal Board and 1,977 in Sylhet Board

The number of GPA-5 holders increased in all education boards except Comilla Board.

In Madrasa Board, 20,777 students secured GPA-5 this year while in Technical Education Board only 72 students got GPA-5. Last year, 16,309 madrasa students obtained GPA-5 while 64 students under the Technical Education Board attained GPA- 5.

A total 50,624 male students got GPA-5 the better results than the female 32,337 GPA- 5 this year SSC and equivalent examinations.

Of those institutions achieved 100 percent success rate, 150 institutions are from Dhaka, 141 from Rajshahi, 85 from Comilla, 33 from Jessore, 31 from Chittagong, 32 from Barisal, 43 from Sylhet, 46 from Dinajpur while 2,308 are under Madrasa board and 58 under Bangladesh Technical Education Board (BTEB).

One school from Dhaka, two from Jessore, four from Barisal, two from Dinajpur, one from Sylhet, eight under the BTEB and 31 under Madrasa Board failed to have any successful candidate this year.

The Ministry of Education published the results within 59 days after the SSC examination held in last February.

This year for the first time creative question was introduced in the subjects of Bangla First Paper and Religion.