Sylhet:The Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) examinations under the Sylhet Education Board have recorded a pass rate of 50.90 percent this year, with 1,204 students achieving the highest grade point average of GPA-5.
According to Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha, the results were officially announced by the Sylhet Education Board Controller of Examinations, Bilkis Begum, during a press conference held at the board office this morning.
Of the 72,745 candidates who appeared for the examinations, 36,596 successfully passed, reflecting a slight decrease from last year's pass rate of 51.86 percent. In the previous year, 1,602 students from the Sylhet Board achieved GPA-5.
The analysis of the results reveals that female students outperformed their male counterparts in terms of the overall pass rate. Female candidates achieved a pass rate of 52.38 percent, compared to 48.72 percent for male candidates. Despite this, male students secured more GPA-5 results, with 613 male students and 591 female students achieving the top grade.
Group-wise, the pass rates stood at 68.54 percent for the science group, 46.29 percent for the humanities group, and 47.81 percent for the business studies group. This year marks the continuation of a five-year trend where female students have consistently recorded higher pass rates than male students in the Sylhet Board, although male students have achieved slightly more GPA-5 results this year.