The pass rate in the HSC, Alim and equivalent examinations across the country’s 11 education boards stands at 52.12 percent.
Last year the rate was 58.83 percent. Although the results have declined sharply overall, the pass rate at educational institutions in the capital’s metropolitan area is much higher. This year the pass rate in Dhaka city is about 80 percent.
In Dhaka district, by contrast, the pass rate is 57.85 percent. In most of the 13 districts under the Dhaka Education Board, the pass rate is below 50 percent. Among the districts, Narsingdi has the highest pass rate, at 66.61 percent. The figures come from an analysis of the Dhaka Education Board’s results.
This year 297,621 students sat the HSC examination under the Dhaka Education Board. Of them, 183,930 passed, a pass rate of 61.80 percent. A total of 16,714 earned GPA-5.
Institutions in Dhaka city, however, did comparatively well. Their pass rate was 79.33 percent, and 13,482 of their students earned GPA-5.
By district, the pass rate is 57.85 percent in Dhaka, 61.49 percent in Gazipur, 45.79 percent in Narayanganj and 66.61 percent in Narsingdi.
The pass rate is also 50.62 percent in Munshiganj, 38.25 percent in Manikganj, 49.97 percent in Tangail, 49.76 percent in Faridpur, 41.85 percent in Madaripur, 41.05 percent in Shariatpur, 40.82 percent in Rajbari, 42.73 percent in Gopalganj and 50.74 percent in Kishoreganj.
Meanwhile, institutions abroad under the Dhaka Education Board also did comparatively well, with a pass rate of 90.87 percent this year.
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