Jashore:A total of 44.92 percent of students under the Jashore Education Board have passed the Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) examinations this year. Out of 1,12,791 students who appeared for the exams, 50,668 successfully passed.
According to Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha, this year's results show a decrease compared to last year, where the pass rate was 50.20 percent. Additionally, 3,228 students achieved a GPA-5 this year, a drop from the 5,995 students who achieved the same last year.
Female students outperformed their male counterparts in both the pass rate and GPA-5 achievements. The pass rate for female students was 50.30 percent, significantly higher than the 39.23 percent for male students. In terms of GPA-5 achievers, 1,870 were female students compared to 1,358 male students.
The science group recorded the highest pass rate this year at 70.04 percent, while the business studies and humanities groups had pass rates of 44.68 percent and 37.74 percent, respectively. Jashore Education Board Secretary Professor Dr. Abdul Matin announced the results, attributing the drop in the overall pass rate to poor performance in English, with 45.05 percent of students failing the subject. He also mentioned that the decline in the pass rate was due to a proper evaluation of the examination.