The pass rate as well as number of students securing GPA-5 has increased in Jessore compared to previous year.
Madhab Chandra Rudra, Controller of Examinations, Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education, Jessore, confirmed the information in a press briefing at Jessore Press Club on Monday afternoon.
He said that the SSC examination was conducted in 293 centres of 2,549 institutions of Khulna division. Out of 1,72,083 students, 1,69,501 participated in the examination. Among them 1,61,314 have passed. The pass rate is 95.17%.
All the students of 513 institutes passed under Jessore Education Board this year while all the students failed in only one educational institution.
This year's SSC and equivalent exams under eleven boards, including madrasa (Dakhil) and technical education boards, started across the country on September 15.
A total of 2,021,868 students from 29,591 educational institutions took part in the exams at 3,790 centres. Altogether 1,599,711 students participated in the SSC exams under the nine general education boards.
The students can now check their scores at their school premises, on the website of Education Board website, and via text message services.