Results of the Higher Secondary Certificate and equivalent examinations this year has shown a significant increase in the number of the highest grade scorers.
The pass percentage has also increased, according to the results published on Wednesday.
The total number of GPA 5 scorers this year is 39,769, up by 10,765 than the figure of the past year.
The combined pass rate this year is 75.08, which is a 0.80 percentage point increase on the figure of the past year. The combined pass rate in 2010 was 74.28.
The results have also shown that there are 6,595 in 7,179 institutions where more than a half of the students have become successful.
A total of 7, 64,828 examinees — 4, 13,675 male and 3, 51,153 female — of 7,179 educational institutions took the examinations at 2,035 centres.
Of them, 5,74,261 students passed the examinations and this is higher by 40,892 than the figure of the past year.
The examinations were held in April 5–May 31.
As in previous years, madrassah students have done well than the general students in terms of the pass percentage.
A total of 76,015 students took the examinations under the Madrassah Education Board. Of them, 68,086 students passed the exams.
The pass rate in the Madrassah Education Board is 89.57, which is a 3.02 per cent increase on the figure of the past year. A total of 4,276 students scored GPA 5 in the Madrassah Education Board, which is up by 1,319 on the figure of the past year.
A total of 62,654 students took the exams under the Technical Education Board. Of them, 52,662 students have come out successful, accounting for a pass rate of 84.05. A total of 728 students scored GPA 5 under the board.
A total of 6, 22,227 students took the exams under the eight general education boards. Of them, 4,50,254 passed the exams which accounts for a pass rate of 72.36. A total of 34,385 students scored GPA 5 under the general education boards.
The pass rate in the Rajshahi education board is 79.01, which is the highest among the general education boards.
The pass rate is 76.89 in the Dhaka board, 68.68 in the Comilla board, 63.37 in the Jessore board, 71.03 in the Chittagong board, 71.12 in the Barisal board, 75.68 in the Sylhet board and 66.18 in the Dinajpur board.
The number of GPA 5 scorers in the eight general education board is 34,385. As in the previous year, the number of GPA 5 scores is the highest in the Dhaka board.
A total of, 17,786 students scored GPA 5 in the Dhaka board, 5,588 in the Rajshahi board, 1,389 in the Comilla board, 3,370 in the Jessore board, 1,795 in the Chittagong board, 1,310 in the Barisal board, 887 in the Sylhet board and 2,280 in the Dinajpur board.
The education minister, Nurul Islam Nahid, announced the results at the secretariat at 12:30pm. Nahid earlier handed over the results of all boards to the prime minister, Sheikh Hasina, in the morning.
Results were also available on the Dhaka education board web site at www.educationboardresults.gov.bd and by sending text messages to mobile operators.
This year, for the first time, the results were sent to educational institutions by e-mail. As this is for the first time, a hard copy of the results was also sent.
Nahid said that combined efforts of the education ministry, education boards, and district and upazila administrations were behind the good results.
He said that in the past, most students failed in English and mathematics. This year, special efforts by the ministry have contributed to the good results, he added.
The number of students expelled from exams halls because of cheating increased to 735 from 608 in the past year. The figure was 664 in 2009, 785 in 2008 and 1,046 in 2007, according to statistics.
All the students passed in 892 educational institutions this year and it is higher by 178 than the number of such institutions in the past year.
No students passed in 24 educational institutions. The number of such institutions was 23 in the past year.
Source : New Age
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