82.87% pass SSC, equivalent exams

The pass rate in the Secondary School Certificate (SSC) and equivalent exams is 82.87% this year.

The number of GPA-5 achievers is 135,989, according to results announced by Education Minister Dipu Moni on Sunday.

Last year, the pass rate in the SSC and equivalent exams was 82.2 percent and the number of GPA achievers was 105,594.

A total of 20, 47,779 students - 10, 24,363 males and 10, 23,416 females - took part in the SSC and equivalent examinations at 3,512 centres from 28,884 educational institutions.

Of them, a total of 16,35,240 students took part in the SSC examinations under general education boards, 2,81,254 in Dakhil exams under Madrasa Education Board, while 1,31,285 appeared in vocational exams under Bangladesh Technical Education Board.