Over 183,000 students get GPA 5 in SSC, equivalent exams

A total of 183,340 students have secured GPA 5 in the Secondary School Certificate (SSC) and equivalent examinations published on Thursday.

This year, no students from 18 educational institutions across the country could pass in the exams while the rate of passing was 100 per cent in 5,494 institutions.

Prime minister Sheikh Hasina published the results virtually at around 10:00am. This year the passing rate was 93.58 per cent which was 82.87 per cent last year.

Following the publication of the results, education board sources said the combined pass rate in SSC and equivalent examinations is 93.58 per cent. The number of total candidate this year was 22,40,395. Among them, 20,96,546 have passed.

On the other hand, the pass rate of only SSC examination in nine education boards is 94.08 per cent.

Earlier, a media release issued by a coordination committee of Bangladesh education boards said SSC and equivalent exams held under the education boards of Dhaka, Rajshahi, Cumilla, Jashore, Chattogram, Barishal, Sylhet, Dinajpur, Mymensingh, Bangladesh Madarasah education board, and vocational education board will be published at 12:00pm simultaneously on the websites of education boards, concerned exam centres/educational institutions and SMS.

The candidates were advised to collect their results from their centres or educational institutions.

Candidates can also access their results by entering their roll number, registration number, name of the exam, passing year and education board on the website, www.educationboardresults.gov.bd.

Besides, the results could be learned through SMS. The candidates have to write SSC<>first three letters of the name of the board<>roll number<>year of passing and send that to 16222.

The madrasah education board students will have to write DAKHIL<> first three letters of the name of the board<>roll number<>year of passing and send that to 16222.

Candidates can apply for reviewing the results through SMS from 31 December 2021 to 6 January 2022. The method of applying could be learned from the websites of the education boards and from advertisement of telecom service operator TeleTalk.

The SSC and its equivalent examinations started on 14 November and completed on 23 November. The examinations were held with short syllabuses on three elective subjects on a group basis.

Last year’s HSC examinees were evaluated on the basis of their results of JSC and SSC exams, a decision which received a mixed reaction.

Educational institutions across the country were closed for around 18 months since March last year due to the Covid-19 pandemic.