Barishal: The pass rate in the Secondary School Certificate (SSC) and equivalent examinations under the Barishal Education Board stood at 60.35 percent this year.
According to Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha, the board's result statistics indicate that a total of 80,458 students appeared in the SSC examination this year under the Barishal Education Board. Out of these, 48,555 students, or 60.35 percent, successfully passed the examination. The passing cohort includes 19,955 boys and 28,600 girls.
A total of 2,778 students managed to secure GPA-5 in the examinations under the board. The announcement of the board's result statistics was made by Barishal Education Board Secretary Prof Md Abdus Salam at 10 am today.
Among the six districts under the Barishal Education Board, Pirojpur district notably recorded the highest pass rate. An analysis of the results demonstrates an increase in the pass rate compared to the previous year, although there has been a decrease in the number of students securing GPA-5.
Consistent with previous years, girls have outperformed boys in both pass rate and GPA-5 achievement under the Barishal Education Board this year.