78.67pc pass HSC exam

Dhaka, Jul 18 This year 78.67 percent has passed the Higher Secondary Certificate and equivalent examinations and 61,162 got GPA-5.

The Education Minister Nurul Islam has submitted a copy of the results to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at her official residence Ganabhaban Wednesday morning. Chairmen of different education boards were present there.

Last year, 75.08 percent passed the HSC and equivalent examinations and 39,759 got GPA-5.

This year Sylhet board has the highest passing rate of 85.37 percent.

Dhaka board follows with 81.89 percent, Comilla with 74.56, Rajshahi 78.44 percent, Dinajpur 75.41 percent, Chittagong 72.29 percent, Jessore 67.87 percent and Barisal with 66.98 percent.

The pass rate under the Madrasah board is 91.77 percent while the vocational board has 84.32 percent successful students.

A total of 926,814 students sat for the HSC and equivalent examinations that started on Apr 1 and ended on May 22. A total of 721, 979 of them passed.

The rate of passing amongst girls is 89.19 percent and 78.23 percent for boys.

A total of 1,036 institutions have seen all their students pass, while none passed from 24 institutions.

Education Minister will disclose the details of this year's results at a press conference at 1pm at the ministry. The examinees can check results directly on the website www.educationboardresults.gov.bd

The candidates can also get their result sending SMS to 16222 from Teletalk numbers. They need to type in the message option – HSC space [First 3 letters of the respective education board] space [Roll no] space [Passing year] and send to 16222.

For example: hsc dha 123456 2012 and send to 16222.

A total of 926,814 students sat for the HSC and equivalent examinations that started on Apr 1 and ended on May 22. Of them, 496,395 are male and 430,419 female.