Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday said the overall HSC results this year would have been much better had the BNP-Jamaat nexus not engaged in suicidal activities during the examinations.
“If the BNP-Jamaat had not carried out suicidal activities and engaged in arson attacks, the pass percentage [in HSC] would have been much better,” she said.
Hasina came up with the observation after Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid handed over the HSC results of 10 education boards to her at Ganabhaban.
The pass percentage in this year’s HSC examinations is 69.60 with 42,894 students achieving GPA 5.
Sheikh Hasina said: “There were constant blockade and hartal during the examinations … students had to go to exam halls in panic.
“This was very unfortunate, but our boys and girls appeared in the exams defying all the obstacles and came out successful, and this is the big thing,” the premier added.