Dhaka, Jul 18 (bdnews24.com) – All the 12 cadet colleges in the country have achieved 100 percent pass rate in the Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) and its equivalent examinations this year, while 539 students out of a total 558 students of those colleges have scored maximum grade point average of GPA-5.
Faujdarhat Cadet College has been the best performing institution of them with 38 out of its 41 examinees securing GPA-5.
Education Minister Nurul Islam submitted a copy of the HSC examination results to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at her official residence Ganabhaban on Wednesday morning. Chairmen of different education boards were present on the occasion.
Jhenaidah Cadet College has secured the second position with 46 students out of its 47 getting GPA-5.
Forty-four students out of 45 have achieved the maximum GPA from Mirzapur Cadet College, while the number of GPA-5 scorers is 49 out of 50 from Pabna Cadet College, 40 out of 50 from Comilla Cadet College and 47 out of 48 from Feni Cadet College.
All of the 49 students of Joypurhat Cadet College, 50 of Mymensingh Girls' Cadet College, 44 of Rajshahi Cadet College, 46 of Sylhet Cadet College, 46 of Rangpur Cadet College and 45 of Barisal Cadet College have got GPA-5.
On average, 78.67 percent of examinees have passed the HSC and its equivalent examinations held under 10 education boards of the country this year.
The HSC or equivalent examinations began on April 1 and concluded on May 24 this year.
A total of 917,673 examinees -- 490,918 male and 426,755 female -- from 7,465 educational institutions appeared at the examinations, of whom 721,979 students have come out successful.
Of them, 61,162 candidates have scored maximum grade point average of GPA-5. The number is 21,393 more than that of the last year.
Sylhet Board has secured the top position among all the eight general education boards with a pass rate of 85.37 and Barisal Board has been the lowest with 66.98 percent success rate.
From Dhaka Board 81.89 percent candidates passed this year's HSC examinations.
The pass rate is 78.44 in Rajshahi, 67.87 in Jessore, 75.41 in Dinajpur, 72.29 in Chittagong and 74.56 in Comilla.
Under the Madrasa Education Board, 84,246 students took part in the examination and 91.77 came out successful.
Under the Technical Education Board 86,705 students sat for the examination. Of them, 73,103 came out successful. The pass percentage is 84.32.
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