Dhaka:  The result of SSC and equivalent examinations results marked a decline with the 80.35 pass rate which is is 7.94 percentage points lower than that of last year.

This year 1,04,761  students secured the highest Grade Point Average (GPA-5) this year where as it was 1,09,761 in 2016, the figure is 5000 less than that of 2016.

Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid formally handed over a copy of the results to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at Gono Bhaban in presence at about 10:00am in presence of chairmen of all the boards.

After publishing the results, Education Minister Nurul Islam said the success rate of this year’s examination is lower than that of last year’s. However, the minister said, the girls outperformed boys in success rate.

In ten education boards, around 14lakh 31,722 passed the SSC examinations. As many as 1,04,761  students secured the highest Grade Point Average (GPA-5) this year.

The results will be published officially at about 1:00pm. The students can get the results from their respective school or it will also be available on www.educationboardresults.gov.bd

The candidates can also see result from here:  www.educationboardresults.gov.bd

This year, 17,86,613 students—9,10,501 boys and 8,76,112 girls—participated in the examinations.

Of them, 14,25,900 students appeared in the SSC examination under eight general education boards. Some 2,56,501 students participated in the Dakhil examinations while 1,04,212 students attended in the SSC vocational examinations.