DHAKA, May 12, 2024 (BSS) - Students of the Dhaka Education Board (DEB) have
secured the maximum number of highest Grade Point Average (GPA-5) in this
year's Secondary School Certificate and equivalent examinations.

A total of 49,290 students from the board secured GPA-5 in the SSC
examinations while the Rajshahi Education Board secured second position in
terms of GPA-5 recipients with 28,074 students, according to the results
published today.

The third highest GPA-5 recipients were from Jashore Board with 20,762
students followed by Dinajpur Board with 18,105 students, Madrasha Board with
14,206 students, Mymensingh Board with 13,176 students, Cumilla Board with
12,100 students and Chattogram Board with 10,824 students.

Technical Education Board (TEB) had the lowest number of GPA-5s with 4,078
students while Barisal and Sylhet Education Boards did slightly better with
6,145 and 5,471 GPA-5 recipients respectively.

Meanwhile, in terms of pass rate, Jashore Education Board (JEB) has secured
the top position among 11 education boards with 92.33 percent pass rate while
Sylhet Board witnessed the lowest pass rate of 73.35.

The pass rates of other boards are-- 89.26 percent in Rajshahi Board, 89.13
percent in Barishal Board, 85 percent in Mymensingh Board, 83.92 percent in
Dhaka Board, 82.80 percent in Chattogram Board, 78.43 percent in Dinajpur
Board, 79.66 percent in the Madrasah Board, 79.23 percent in Cumilla Board
and 81.38 percent in Technical Education Board.

A total of 16, 72,153 students passed this year's SSC and equivalent
examinations out of 20, 13,597 examinees appeared in the test. Among them, as
many as 1, 82,129 students got GPA-5 in the examinations which was 1,83,578
last year.

Among them, 83,353 are male and 98,776 are female students.

In the nine general education boards, some 13, 45,678 students passed out of
16, 06,394 where some 6, 23,853 are male and some 7, 21,825 are females. A
total of 1, 63,845 students got GPA-5 the highest Grade Point Average (GPA-5)
in the SSC exams, according to the results published here today.

In the Madrasah Education Board, a total of 2,26,754 students-- 1,09,714 male
and 1,17,040 female-- passed out of 2,84,665 students. Of them, some 14, 206
students got GPA-5.

In the Technical Education Board, 99,721 students-- 72,986 male and 26,735
female-- passed out of total 1, 22,538 students. Of them, 4,078 students got
the GPA-5.