Girls outpace boys in SSC pass rate, GPA-5 tally

Girls have once again outperformed boys in both the pass rate and GPA-5 tally in this year's Secondary School Certificate (SSC) and equivalent exams.

Of the 911,000 female candidates who sat the exams, 607,939 passed, putting the girls' pass rate at 66.68 percent.

Among the 917,694 male candidates, meanwhile, 530,938 passed, giving boys a pass rate of 57.86 percent.

This year, 63,896 girls and 52,780 boys secured GPA-5s.

Results were published on Monday, with Education Minister ANM Ehsanul Hoque Milon presenting detailed figures at a press conference at the secretariat afterwards.

[Updates to follow]