SSC, equivalent exams pass rate 77.77%

Staff Correspondent: A total of 77.77 percent students passed this year's Secondary School Certificate (SSC) and equivalent examinations.

The total number of GPA-5 achievers is 1,10,629 this year, which was 1,04,761 last year.

The pass percentage in the SSC examination has decreased 2.56. However, the number of GPA-5 achievers increased this year.

The pass rate of Madrasa and vocational boards are 70.89 percent and 71.96 per cent respectively.

Earlier, Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid handed over the results of Secondary School Certificate (SSC and its equivalent examination to Prime Minister Shiekh Hasina at 10:00am on Sunday.

This year, 2,031,889 students—10,23,212 boys and 10,08,687 girls—participated in the SSC examinations.


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