The results of this year’s Secondary School Certificate (SSC) and its equivalent examinations were published on Monday with pass rate of 87.44 percent.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina officially announced the results by joining a function at International Mother Language Institute in the capital virtually from her official residence Ganobhaban.
Earlier, Education Minister Dr Dipu Moni published the results at a press conference at 1pm. On behalf of the premier, Education Minister received the results of the examinations and related statistics from the chairmen of all the education boards.
Results are also now available through mobile operators’ short messaging service (SMS) and at the www.educationboardresults.gov.bd website.
The SSC and its equivalent examinations began on September 15 as per the revised and rearranged syllabus and the exam of each subject took place in 2 hours instead of 3 hours.
A total of 20, 21,868 students from 29,591 educational institutions took part in the exams of SSC, Dakhil and SSC (vocational) at 3,790 centres. A total of 15, 99,711 students participated in the SSC examinations under nine general education boards.
Some 2, 68,495 candidates appeared in the Dakhil exams under the Madrasah Education Board while 1, 53,662 students appeared in Dakhil vocational exams under the Technical Education Board.