A total of 85.95 percent students, on an average, passed the Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) and equivalent examinations-2022 held under 11 education boards in the country.
Among the passed candidates, a total of 1,76,282 got GPA-5 (maximum grade point average) in the examinations. Of them, 80,561 are male and 95,721 are female.
Education Minister Dr Dipu Moni announced the details of the results at the International Mother Language Institute in Dhaka at 12:30pm on Wednesday.
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A total of 11,77,387 students took part in the exams this year. Among them, 10,11,987 passed.
The pass rate of HSC is 84.31 percent, madrasa 92.56 percent and vocational 91.02 percent.
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The 2022 HSC and equivalent exams started on Nov 6 after a lengthy delay due to the coronavirus pandemic and flood.
The number of subjects in the HSC exams was decreased and the syllabus was also curtailed.