Rajuk Uttara Model College has retained its top position among Bangladesh's best institutions in this year's Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) and equivalent examinations.
Published : 13 Aug 2014, 10:28 PM
Also, six of the top 10 institutions are under the Dhaka education board.
The results of HSC and equivalent exams under eight education boards were published on Wednesday.
This year, the success rate has risen to 78.33 percent against last year's 74.30 percent, while a total of 70,602 students scored GPA 5.
Rajuk Uttara Model College scored the highest 98.04 points under the ranking system of the inter-education board standard - which is based on the students, pass rate, and GPA 5 score.
All of the 1,262 HSC examinees of this college passed except one. A total of 1,201 students bagged GPA 5.
Rangpur Cantonment Public School and College under the Dinajpur board came second in the list of best institutions with 96.23 points.
In total, 839 of 841 examinees of this institution cleared the HSC exams while 753 of them scored GPA 5.
In third position, Narsinghdi's Abul Quader Molla City College scored 95.88 points. All its 388 examinees bagged GPA 5.
Rajshahi College in the district's Boalia was adjudged the fourth best institution in the country with 95.18 points.
Of its total 589 students, only two have failed; while 510 of them secured GPA 5.
Dhaka's Adamjee Cantonment College is fifth on the list with 94.99 points.