GPA-5 glut in HSC, equivalent exams again

Students flash the ‘V’ sign at Viqarunnisa Noon School and College as they celebrate their HSC results on Sunday. NN photo
Students flash the ‘V’ sign at Viqarunnisa Noon School and College as they celebrate their HSC results on Sunday. NN photo
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Staff Reporter :
The results of the Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) and equivalent examinations were published on Sunday with an average pass rate of 95.26 per cent. A total of 1,89,169 students achieved GPA-5.
The chairmen of all education boards handed over the results to Education Minister Dipu Moni around 11:50 am as per the Prime Minister’s direction.
After that, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina announced the results officially from Ganobhaban joining the programme virtually. The programme was held in the International Mother Language Institute at Segunbagicha in the capital.
The pass rate in Dhaka is 96.20 per cent, in Rajshahi 97.29 per cent, in Barishal 95.76 per cent, in Cumilla 97.49 per cent, in Sylhet 94.80 per cent, in Chattogram 89.39 per cent, in Dinajpur 92.43 per cent, in Mymensingh 95.71 per cent and in Jashore is 98.11 per cent.
Jashore Board has witnessed the highest pass rate in this year’s Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) examination results among nine general education boards. The pass rate of this board is 98.11 per cent.
The nine general education boards sawa combined pass rate of 95.57 per cent, the Madrasah Education Board 95.49 per cent while the Technical Education Board 92.85 per cent.
Meanwhile, Dhaka Board has topped the list with the highest number of GPA-5 achievers.
Among the examinees, 59,233 students achieved GPA-5 in Dhaka Board, the higher than that of all other boards.
Country’s daughters have proven their excellence in the latest Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) and equivalent exams, outshining boys in terms of pass rate.
A total of 6,56,165 girls sat for the HSC exams this year, and 6,33,138 of them attained pass marks with a success rate of 96.49%. On the contrary, 6,73,580 boys out of 7,15,516 succeeded with a pass rate of 94.14%.
Of them, 1,89,169 students have achieved GPA-5, which is 27,362 more than the year before. Total 1,024,06 girls and 8,67,63 boys got GPA-5.
Besides a total of 1,934 educational institutions out of 9,111 achieved 100 percent pass in the Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) and its equivalent examinations-2021 across the country.
 Of those, 176 institutions are from Dhaka Board, 162 from Rajshahi, 75 from Cumilla, 116 from Jashore, 16 from Chattagram, 56 from Barishal, 53 from Sylhet, 53 from Dinajpur and 29 from Mymensingh while the number of hundred percent successful institutions under Madrasa Board is 1,003, reports BSS.
Among the educational institutions where all have passed, 736 are under nine General Education Boards while 1,003 under Madrasa Education Board and 195 under Technical and Vocational Education Board.
No student from five educational institutions came out successful in this year’s Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) and equivalent examinations where is 1,934 educational institutions passed the exams.
Besides, all five institutions where 100 percent of the examinees failed are under nine general education boards.
This year, the average pass rate in HSC and equivalent examinations is 95.26%. A total of 13,06,718 examinees, out of 13,71,681, came out successful in the examinations in all the 11 education boards of the country.
A total of 1,89,169 students secured the highest grade GPA 5. Among them, 1,78,522 examinees got GPA 5 under the nine General Education Boards, 4,872 under Madrasa Education Board and 5,775 under Technical and Vocational Education Board.
Where a total of 14,03,244 candidates took part in the HSC and equivalent exams from 9,183 educational institutions under 11 education boards in the country.
Among the total examinees, 13,06,718 students have been successful in the HSC and equivalent examinations in 2021.
A total of 13,71,681 students appeared in this year’s HSC and equivalent examinations.
Previously, a total of 9,063 educational institutions achieved 100 percent pass in the HSC and its equivalent exams in 2020.
The SSC and the HSC examinations of 2021 could not be held as per the schedules due to the COVID-19 pandemic and then the government decided to hold the examinations with shortened syllabuses.
The HSC and equivalent exams were held on December 02-30 last year with shortened syllabus.

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