Record 97pc pass
Tuesday, December 27th, 2011Primary education appears to have got a significant boost. This year, 97.26 percent examinees passed the primary education terminal tests, hitting a record high since the introduction of the examination in 2009. The pass rate rose by 4.92 percentage points from last year's 92.34 percent. It was 88.84 percent in 2009. The results published yesterday show a total of 21,25,869 students -- 9,75,529 boys and 11,50,340 girls -- passing the examination. The number of students who failed the tests came down to 59,879 from 1,48,680 of last year. The pass rate of ebtedayee (primary level of madrasa education) examinations is 91.28 percent. Competitiveness of ... (read more)


