83.65 pc pass JSC, JDC exams

Desk Report: About 83.65 percent students have passed this year’s Junior School Certificate (JSC) and Junior Dakhil Certificate (JDC) examinations-2017.

Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid handed over the copy of the results to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at her Gono Bhaban residence on Saturday morning.

A total of 1, 91, 628 students have got GPA-5 this year.

The education minister will hold a press briefing in this connection in the conference room of his ministry at 2:00pm.

The JSC and JDC examinations were held between November 1 and 18.

A total of 24, 68,820 students from 28,621 educational institutions appeared in this year's examinations. Of them, 11, 44,778 are male and 13, 24,042 female.

The number of JSC examinees is 20, 90,277 while 3, 78,543 examinees participated in the JDC examination this year.

A total of 659 students from nine overseas centres appeared in the JSC examinations.


risingbd/Dhaka/Dec 30, 2017/Mukul