Rajshahi district has topped the eight districts under the Rajshahi Education Board in both pass rate and the number of students securing GPA-5 in this year’s Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) examinations.
Despite Rajshahi’s strong performance, the overall results of the board were disappointing, with the pass rate falling to 45.06% this year. More than half of the students who appeared for the examinations failed.
Girls, however, outperformed boys in both pass rate and GPA-5 achievements.
Only nine colleges across the eight districts recorded a 100% pass rate, while no student from 39 colleges passed.
Rajshahi Education Board Controller of Examinations Professor Iffat Zerin announced the results at 11:00am on Saturday.
According to the board, 4,520 students secured GPA-5 this year. Of them, 1,785 were from Rajshahi district, accounting for nearly 39.5% of all GPA-5 achievers under the board.
Bogra ranked second with 1,309 GPA-5 achievers, followed by Pabna with 550.
Rajshahi also recorded the highest pass rate at 55.33%. Bogra ranked second at 53.64%, while Joypurhat stood third at 41.67%.
A total of 141,936 students registered for this year’s HSC examinations under the Rajshahi Education Board. Of them, 137,356 appeared, with 61,894 passing and 75,462 failing.
In Rajshahi district, 28,086 students appeared for the examinations, of whom 15,540 passed.
Students from 743 colleges across the board’s eight districts took the examinations at 208 centres.
Girls recorded a pass rate of 53.03%, compared with 37.71% for boys. Of the 4,520 GPA-5 achievers, 2,555 were girls and 1,965 were boys.
Professor Iffat Zerin said 31 examinees were expelled for adopting unfair means during the examinations.
She said only nine colleges recorded a 100% pass rate, while 39 colleges had no students passing.