Dhaka: A total of 2,266 educational institutions achieved 100 percent pass rate in this year’s SSC and equivalent examinations, while the number was 4,734 last year.

Of those, 354 institutions are from Dhaka, 429 from Rajshahi, 14 from Comilla, 150 from Jessore, 56 from Chittagong, 87 from Barisal, 37 from Sylhet, 166 from Dinajpur, while 809 are under Madrasa Board and 164 under Bangladesh Technical Education Board (BTEB).

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.