This year's Secondary School Certificate (SSC) and its equivalent examinations results were published on Monday.
The pass rate of nine general education boards, madrasas and technical education boards is 87.44 per cent. Last year, 93.58 per cent students had passed the SSC and equivalent examinations.
A total of 2,69,602 students secured GPA 5 in this year's SSC exams. Among them, 1,21,156 are male and 1,48,446 are female students.
The results were disclosed after Education Minister Dr Dipu Moni handed over the summary and statistics of the results to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at 12pm.
The students can now check their scores at their school premises, on the website of Education Board and via text message services.
Dhaka board pass rate 90.03 per cent, Chattogram board 87.53 per cent, Barishal 89.61 per cent, Mymensingh board 89.02 per cent, Rajshahi board 85.88 per cent, Jashore 95.17 per cent, Cumilla 91.28 per cent and Sylhet 78.82 per cent.
Jashore board recorded highest pass rate, while Sylhet board the lowest.
This year, more than 20 lakh students took part in SSC exams under 11 boards, including madrasa (Dakhil) and Technical Education.
Of them, 15.99 lakh were from nine general education boards, 2.68 under the Madrasa Education Board, and 1.53 lakh under Technical Education Board. SSC and equivalent examinations began across the country on September 15.
