75.08pc pass exams; 10,500 more score GPA-5 this year
More than three-fourths of the total number of students appeared in this year’s Higher Secondary Certificate examination passed marking a slight improvement in overall academic standard.
For the first time in the country’s history the combined pass percentage under 10 education boards, including Madrasa Education Board and Technical Education Board, rose to 75.08 with 39,769 students scoring GPA-5 (Grade Point Average).
The pass percentage this year has increased by 0.8 percentage point from that of last year’s 74.28 percent. A total of 28,671 students scored GPA-5 last year.
Students have been consistently doing well in the HSC-level education since 2005, when the pass rate crossed the 50 percent threshold.
Although no students passed from 24 educational institutions this year, a total of 6,595 out of 7,179 educational institutions had more than half of their students come out successful. As many as 892 institutions witnessed cent percent success.
“The statistics show that the country’s overall standard of education rose. The results imply that we are doing well,” said Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid at a press briefing in his ministry after publishing the results officially.
The minister highlighted modern education system, improved teaching method and class environment, and combined efforts of teachers, students and guardians for this year’s success in the HSC exam.
“Those who could not come out successful in the examination would be taken care of through thorough assessments of the role of their respective educational institutions. We will look into the matter, especially of those institutions that witnessed zero success, he said.
Education Secretary Kamal Abdul Naser and chairmen of all the education boards were present at the press conference.
Earlier in the morning the education minister handed over the results to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at Gano Bhaban, where the premier attended a teleconference and sent the results of Chandpur Government Girls’ College via internet.
For the first time, the HSC results were sent to colleges through e-mails. The results were also available on the education board website and on cellphone through SMS (short message service).
A total of 7,64,828 students, including 3,51,153 females, took this year’s HSC or equivalent exams. Of them, 5,74,261, including 2,63,412 female students, passed.
A staggering 89.57 percent students passed under Madrasa Education Board while 84.05 percent under Technical Education Board and 72.36 percent under eight general education boards. The pass percentage of Diploma in Business Studies under Dhaka Board is 83.95.
As usual, science students scored the highest number of GPA-5 trailed by the students of commerce and humanities groups.
A total of 4,50,254 students under the general education boards passed the examination in D grade.
In general education boards, 18,113 male and 16,272 female students scored GPA-5.
Except for Dhaka Board, cadet colleges topped the list of 20 best colleges in all the seven education boards of the country. In Dhaka, Rajuk Uttara Model School and College topped the chart followed by Mymensingh Girls’ College and Mirzapur Cadet College.
A total of 546 cadet students out of 570 scored GPA-5.
This year’s HSC results came in 57 days after the examination ended on May 31. Earlier, it used to take at least 90 days.
As the result came out the education minister faced a very common but important question of how many of the students passed would have access to higher education.
“We have the capacity to provide higher education to all the successful students. But the standard of education is the main concern, on which we are working,” said Nahid.
Fr Benjamin Costa, principal of Notre Dame College, however, preferred not to get overwhelmed by the increase in pass percentage.
“It is a matter of pleasure that pass percentage and the number of GPA-5 scorers increased over the years. Now the standard of education needs to be assessed,” said Costa.
Meanwhile, students and their guardians were anxiously waiting for the HSC results from early morning yesterday. Soon as the results were published, some burst into joy while some into tears.
“I am only a step away from fulfilling my dreams,” said Rumon, a student of Dhaka City College, who like the Secondary School Certificate (SSC) exams scored GPA-5 in the HSC. Rumon wants to get admitted to Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (Buet).
-With The Daily Star input Image credit: The Daily Ittefaq
