Dhaka: Rajshahi Education Board has secured the top position among 10 education boards with 90.70 per cent pass rate in the SSC and equivalent examinations this year.

The pass rate of Dhaka Board is 86.39 per cent, while it is 59.03 per cent in Comilla Board, 77.24 per cent in Barisal Board, 80.04 per cent in Jessore Board, 83.98 per cent in Dinajpur Board, 83.99 per cent in Chittagong Board, 80.26 per cent in Sylhet Board, 76.20 per cent in Madrasah Board and 78.69 per cent in Technical education board.

A total of 80.35 per cent students have passed this year’s Secondary School Certificate (SSC) and equivalent examinations, which is 7.94 percentage points lower than that of last year.

In ten education boards, around 14lakh 31,722 passed the SSC examinations.

Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid formally handed over a copy of the results to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at Gono Bhaban in presence on Thursday morning.

The students can get the results from their respective school or it will also be available on www.educationboardresults.gov.bd

As many as 1,04,761  students secured the highest Grade Point Average (GPA-5) this year where as it was 1,09,761 in 2016.

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.