The results of this year’s Secondary School Certificate (SSC) and its equivalent examinations were published on Monday, showing an overall pass rate of 82.2 percent. This year’s pass rate is 4.43 percent higher than last year’s when the overall pass rate in the SSC and its equivalent examinations was 77.77 percent.
A total of 17, 49,165 students passed the exam out of total 21, 27,815 students who took it.
Some 16.25 lakh students appeared at the examinations under eight general education boards, while 3.06 lakh under Madrasah Education Board and 1.26 lakh under the Technical Education Board. Chairmen of the education boards handed over the results to Education Minister Dr Dipu Moni at the International Mother Language Institute in the capital on Monday morning.
Later, the education minister unveiled the results at a media briefing there. Even though the pass rate has risen this year, the number of GPA-5 holders has dropped significantly. A total of 105,594 students scored the highest grade point in the exam — 4.96 percent of the students who took the exam this year. Last year, 110,629 of the test takers, got a GPA-5 last year, according to data unveiled by the minister.
In the eight general educations boards, 82.80 percent of Secondary School Certificate (SSC)—and equivalent exams—examines have passed the exam; the Rajshahi board has the highest pass rate, while Dhaka has the most GPA-5 scorers. Students in the Rajshahi Education Board—like in previous years—had the best SSC results with a 91.64 percent pass rate, compared to 86.07 percent in 2018.
The pass rate is lowest in the Sylhet Education Board with 70.83 percent. The pass rates are: 79.62 percent in Dhaka, 87.16 percent in Comilla, 77.41 percent in Barisal, 90.88 percent in Jessore, 78.11 percent in Chittagong, and 84.10 percent in Dinajpur. On the other hand, a total of 29,687 students from the Dhaka Education Board achieved the highest grade point average—GPA-5—on a scale of 5.00, which is the highest in the country.
The number, however, is significantly lower than last year — 41,585 students scored a GPA-5 from the Dhaka board. The number of GPA-5 scorers is lowest in Sylhet — 2,757 students. The amount of GPA-5 scorers is: 22,795 in Rajshahi, 8,764 in Comilla, 9,948 in Jessore, 7,393 in Chittagong, 4,189 in Barisal, and 9,023 in Dinajpur.
Meanwhile, science group students have kept their consistency in securing the top position in terms of group wise results among eight general education boards with 94.72 percent pass rate in the SSC examinations this year. A total of 5, 12,715 students of 5, 41,323 from science group have passed the examination this year.
Some 5, 72,992 students out of 7, 19,676 from humanities group came out successful in the examination while 3, 17,450 students among 4, 01,241 from business studies group passed the examination. The number of examinees from science group has increased by 37,817 this year and the number of successful students has increased by 44,113. The pass rate has increased by 1.65 percent.
