Education

344 students get GPA-5 in Dhaka after SSC results reevaluation

The results of the Secondary School Certificate (SSC) examinations of 2,723 students from the Dhaka Education Board have changed after their answer sheets were reevaluated.

The reevaluation results were published on Tuesday.

Some 70,129 students from the board applied for reevaluation of their SSC results and results of 2,723 have changed, a source in the board said.

Of them, 127 students, who initially failed the exams, have passed, and 344 newly obtained GPA-5, the source added.

This year around 83.04 percent of students passed the Secondary School Certificate (SSC) and its equivalent examinations.

Around 20,24,192 students under the 11 education boards -- nine general, one madrasa and one technical -- took part in the tests.