1.27 lakh students drop out this HSC session

More than 1.27 lakh out of about 7 lakh students enrolled in Class XI in the 2008–2009 academic session to take the HSC and equivalent exams of 2010 have dropped out, reports NewAgebd.
Of the total 1,27,844 lakh students who dropped out, 61,796 are female, according to statistics available with the education ministry.
Under the 10 education boards, 5,71,327 regular students have registered to take the Higher Secondary Certificate and equivalent exams scheduled to begin on April 1, but the number of students enrolled in the 2008-2009 session was 6,99,171.
More than 7.32 lakh students, including more than 1.61 lakh students who failed the HSC exams in one to four years, have registered to take the HSC and equivalent exams this year.
‘Early marriage of female students and stipend for female students of higher secondary courses going to wrong hands have been identified by the education ministry as reasons for such a large dropout rate,’ said an education ministry official.
Some students also failed to pass the HSC qualifying tests and some male students went abroad on job, according to ministry findings.
Besides, there are a significant number of students, who passed the SSC and equivalent exams with poor GPA, are reluctant to continue with studies further.
Statistics show 30,096 HSC students dropped out under the Dhaka board, 11, 611 under the Rajshahi board, 10,928 under the Comilla board, 12,834 under the Jessore board, 6,486 students under the Chittagong board, 7,105 under the Barisal board, 2,459 under the Sylhet board, 9,944 under the Dinajpur board.
Besides, 18,940 students dropped out under the Madrassah Education Board and 17,441 students under the Technical Education Board.
According to statistics available with the education ministry, more than 4.90 lakh students of Secondary School Certificate and equivalent exams of 2010 that began February 11 and ended in the past week, dropped out for various reasons.

Courtesy of NewAgebd