Rural institutions, cadet colleges perform poorly
Results of the Junior School Certificate and the Junior Dakhil Certificate exams published on Sunday showed that the success rate and the number of GPA 5 scorers increased this year compared with that of 2012. The combined pass rate in JSC and JDC exams increased to 89.94 this year, while 86.97 per cent of the students passed the exams in 2012. The pass rate in eight general boards this year stood at 89.71 per cent and it was 86.11 per cent in 2012. The success rate in madrassah education board stood at 91.11 per cent and it was 90.87 per cent in 2012.
The number of GPA 5 scorers this year jumped to 1,72,208 from 46,942 in 2012.
Of the 1,72,208 GPA 5 scorers, 1,52,987 were from general boards and 19,211 were from madrassah board.
This year 18,62,380 students — 15,48,700 in schools and 3,13,680 in madrassahs — took the JSC and the JDC exams held in November 4–23 under general education boards and madrassah board.
A total of 16,75,109 students — 13,89,313 from school and 2,85,796 from madrassahs — passed the exams.
This year, 55,223 students under the Dhaka education board, 20,523, under Rajshahi, 16,095 under Comilla, 14,704 under Jessore, 14,105 under Chittagong, 10,763 under Barisal, 5,748 in sylhet, 15,836 under Dinajpur and 19,211 under madrassah board cored the highest grade point average.
Girls performed better than boys, as 8,81,663 girls and 7,93,446 boys passed the exam and 93,268 girls obtained GPA 5 while 78,940 boys obtained the highest grade point average.
The pass rate of JSC and JDC examinations in Dhaka board is 87.93 per cent, Chittagong 86.13, Comilla 90.45, Sylhet 91.15, Barisal 96.60 and Dinajpur board 88.91 per cent.
The Barisal board performed better, with the pass rate of 96.60 per cent.
The success rate is 93.88 per cent in the Rajshahi education board, 91.10 in the Sylhet education board, 90.45 in Comilla education board, 89.03 in Jessore education, 88.91 in Dinajpur, 87.93 in Dhaka education board, 86.13 in Chittagong education board, and 91.11 in madrassah education board.
The government introduced the JSC and JDC examinations for Class VIII students in 2010 abolishing the Junior Scholarship Examinations. Students are given scholarship based on their JSC and JDC exams results.
The education minister, Nurul Islam Nahid, handed over a copy of the results to the prime minister, Sheikh Hasina, in the morning.
Nahid later made public the results at a press briefing at the ministry. Nahid said that some steps the ministry had taken had played a significant role in improving the JSC and JDC results this year.
‘As the results of optional subject were added to main results, number of GPA 5 scorers and pass rate increased significantly this year,’ Nahid said.
The results were made available with schools and district and upazila education offices and on web site www.educationboardresults.gov.bd. Students could also get the results by sending text messages to mobile operators.
No students of 57 schools and madrassahs came out successful while all the students of 4,997 schools and madrassah passed the examinations.
Educational institutions in urban areas did well than the institutions in rural areas showed the result.
The results showed that none of the 5 best institutions under the Dhaka, Chittagong Rajshahi, Jessore, Dinajpur, Comilla education boards were from a rural area, only one each from Barisal and Sylhet education boards were from rural areas.
This year the results of cadet college students declined comparing to results of the previous years.
The results showed that no cadet college was among the 5 best institutions under the Dhaka, Rajshahi, Chittagong and Dinajpur education boards. Cadet colleges, however, were placed in the list of five best performing institutions in Sylhet, Barisal, Khulna and Comilla boards.
In 2012, cadet colleges had got top two positions of five best institutions of Rajshahi, first and fourth position of Comilla, top position in Jessore, third in Chittagong and first places in Barisal, Sylhet and Rangpur education boards.
Many guardians in the capital said that they did not went to schools to collect the results of their children amid prevailing tensed situation as ruling and opposition parties came face to face in street triggering clashes at different points in the capital.
They said they collected result through SMS or on internet.
Examinations of six days were deferred because of general strikes enforced by the Bangladesh Nationalist Party-led alliance.
-With New Age input
