The results of this year’s Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) Examinations under seven education boards saw pass percentage of 64.27 while as many as 10,205 examinees achieved highest grade point average (GPA)-5.
Last year, 63.92 per cent students passed and 9,450 students achieved GPA-5 in the second largest public examinations. The percentage was 59.16 in 2005, 47.74 in 2004, 38.43 in 2003, 27.09 in 2002, 28.41 in 2001 and 37.05 in 2000.
The average pass percentage in the HSC under seven education boards, Alim examinations under Madrasa Education Board and Business Management examinations under Technical Education Board is 65.60 against 65.65 of last year and a total of 11,140 examinees secured GPA-5 compared to 9,864 examinees of last year, 5,534 of 2005 and 3,047 of 2004.
As many as 5,33,158 students — 3,05,387 boys and 2,27,771 girls — appeared in this year’s HSC and its equivalent examinations and 3,49,749 of them — 2,03,018 boys and 1,46,731 girls –passed.
Pass percentages for boys and girls are 66.48 and 64.42 against 66.36 and 64.64 of last year.
The HSC results were published yesterday under the grading system introduced in 2003. The examinations began on May 10 and ended on June 24.
The comparative statistics of the examination was published yesterday at a press conference at Secondary and Higher Secondary Education Board, Dhaka, where Additional Secretary of education ministry Abdul Awal Mojumdar, Joint Secretary Nazrul Islam Khan, Dhaka Board Chairman M Manirul Islam and officials of nine education boards were present.
Among the seven education boards, Dhaka Board secured the top position with the pass rate of 70.77 per cent while the pass rate in Sylhet Board is 65.98 per cent, Comilla Board 65.75, Rajshahi Board 61.89, Chittagong Board 61.36, Jessore Board 59.89 and Barisal Board 55.63.
The rate of success under Madrasa Board is 74.31 per cent and Technical Education Board 68.13 per cent.
Some 11,140 examinees — 6,510 male and 4,630 female — have secured the highest Grade Point Average (GPA)-5.
Of them, 5254 are from Dhaka Board, 1,818 from Rajshahi Board, 506 from Comilla Board, 1,191 from Jessore Board, 911 from Chittagong Board, 314 from Sylhet Board, 239 from Barisal Board, 930 from Madrasa Board and only five from Technical Education Board.
Students from business studies group have marked a significant progress with pass percentage of 74.58 while 68.17 per cent passed from science group and 56.14 per cent from humanities group.
Like the previous year, colleges in urban areas, particularly those in metropolitan cities, dominated in the GPA-5 category and institutions with hundred per cent pass rate.
Among the top ten GPA-5 winning colleges in each of the education boards, nine are in the capital under Dhaka Board, nine in Jessore, Khulna, Jhenidah and Kushtia under Jessore Board, eight in Sylhet, Moulvibazar and Habiganj under Sylhet Board, six in Rangpur, Bogra, Dinajpur and Pabna under Rajshahi Board, six in Comilla, Noakhali, Feni and Brahmanbaria under Comilla Board, five in Barisal and Pirojpur under Barisal Board and four in Chittagong under Chittagong Board.
Highest 825 students of Notre Dame College in the capital secured GPA-5, followed by the city’s Viqarunnisa Noon College with 493 students and Dhaka City College with 348 students achieving the same grade point average.
In Dhaka Board, 90,422 of the 1,27,767 examinees passed the exams with the pass percentage of 70.77 against 74.76 of last year. As many as 37,092 students took the examinations under Chittagong Board and 22,759 among them passed making for a percentage of 61.36 against 61.45 of last year.
Among the 1,02,108 candidates under Rajshahi Board, 63,193 came out successful with a pass percentage of 61.89 against 56.76 of last year. Under Jessore Board, 78,134 students appeared in the examinations and 46,478 passed. The pass percentage is 59.48 against last year’s 54.40.
Under Comilla Board, 30,295 examinees out of 46,073 passed with a success rate of 65.75 per cent against 63.73 of last year. Barisal Board had 23,689 candidates and 13,178 of them passed. The pass percentage is 55.63 against 61.5 last year.
Under Sylhet Board, 16,972 students sat for the examinations and 11,198 came out successful with the pass percentage of 65.98 against last year’s 65.45.
Under Madrasa Board 51,623 Alim examinees took the exams and 38,363 came out successful with the pass percentage of 74.31 against 75.23 of last year.
A total of 49,700 students appeared at Business Management examinations under Technical Education Board and 33,863 of them passed with pass percentage of 66.13 against 69.74 of last year.
Expressing satisfaction over this year’s HSC results, Additional Secretary Abdul Awal Mojumdar said stern action against cheating in the public examinations has helped to make the students more attentive to study, which has been key to achieving good results.
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