The New Nation - Internet Edition

Jamal Uddin Jami

The results of this year's Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) Examinations under nine education boards were announced yesterday showing 76.19 per cent of success rate with 22,045 examinees achieving the highest grade point average (GPA)-5.

Last year, 65.60 per cent students passed and 11,140 students achieved GPA-5 in the second largest public examinations compared to 9,864 examinees in 2006, 5,534 in 2005 and 3,047 in 2004.

The pass percentage was 65.65 in 2006, 59.74 in 2005, 47.86 in 2004, 38.43 in 2003 and 27.09 in 2002.

As many as 6,12,381 students-3,38,650 boys and 2,73,731 girls-appeared in this year's HSC and its equivalent examinations. Of them, 4,66,570 students-2,59,702 boys and 2,06,868 girls-passed.

Pass percentages for boys and girls are 76.69 and 75.57 against 66.48 and 64.42 of last year.

This year only 41 institutions under nine boards secured least pass rates compared to 60 of last year, while 674 institutions came out successful with hundred cent percent pass rate, which was 434 last year.

Some 785 students were expelled on charges of adopting unfair means this year. The number of expulsions was 1,046 last year.

The HSC results were published at a press conference yesterday at the auditorium of Education Ministry. Education Adviser Dr Hossain Zillur Rahman briefed the journalists about the result of this year while Education Secretary Momtazul Islam and the chairmen of nine boards were present.

Among the seven education boards, Dhaka Board secured the top position with the pass rate of 82.31 per cent, while the pass rate in Madrasah Board is 82.43 per cent, Technical Education Board 81.27, Comilla Board 77.33, Jessore Board 72.24, Rajshahi Board 71.87 and Sylhet Board 71.17, Chittagong Board 67.96 and Barisal Board 65.28.

Some 22,045 examinees-13,426 male and 8,619 female-have secured the highest Grade Point Average (GPA)-5.

Of them, 10,702 are from Dhaka Board, 3,399 from Rajshahi, 957 from Comilla, 1,764 from Jessore, 1,270 from Chittagong, 425 from Sylhet, 591 from Barisal, 2,886 from Madrasah Board and only 51from Technical Education Board.

Students from Business Studies group have marked a significant progress with pass percentage of 82.99, while 76.06 per cent passed from Science group and 69.06 per cent from Humanities group.

Like the previous year, colleges in urban areas, particularly those in metropolitan cities, dominated in the GPA-5 category and institutions with hundred per cent pass rate.

Highest 1,189 students of Notre Dame College in the capital secured GPA-5, followed by the city's Dhaka City College with 987 students and Viqarunnisa Noon College with 663 students achieving the same grade point average.

In Dhaka Board, 1,23,285 of the 1,49,781 examinees passed the exams with the pass percentage of 82.31 against 70.77 of last year. As many as 40,752 students took the examinations under Chittagong Board and 27,696 among them passed making for a percentage of 67.96 against 61.36 of last year.

Among the 1,34,362 candidates under Rajshahi Board, 96,564 came out successful with a pass percentage of 71.87 against 61.89 of last year. Under Jessore Board, 69,880 students appeared in the examinations and 50,478 passed. The pass percentage is 72.24 against last year's 59.48.

Under Comilla Board, 38,819 examinees out of 50,202 passed with a success rate of per cent 77.33 against 65.75 of last year. Barisal Board had 71,796 candidates and 20,758 of them passed. The pass percentage is 65.28 against 55.63 last year.

Under Sylhet Board, 19,366 students sat for the examinations and 13,782 came out successful with the pass percentage of 71.17 against last year's 65.98.

Under Madrasah Board 61,724 Alim examinees took the exams and 50,882 came out successful with the pass percentage of 82.43 against 74.31 of last year.

A total of 54,518 students appeared at Business Management examinations under Technical Education Board and 44,306 of them passed with pass percentage of 76.69 against 66.13 of last year.

Among the institutions securing hundred per cent pass rate, 40 are from Dhaka Board, 13 from Rajshahi, 4 from Comilla, 2 from Jessore, 5 from Chitagong, 2 from Barisal, 4 from Sylhet, 507 from Madrasah and 97 from Technical Board.

Education Adviser Hossain Zillur Rahman said they published the result within 60 days and he also expressed satisfaction with the result.

He said the percentage of the result increased due to taking appropriate measure by education ministry and stern action against those institutions that had failed to do good result in previous years.