RAJSHAHI : Rajshahi Education Board has secured a 59.40 percent pass rate in the HSC examinations this year.
A total of 10,137 students including 5,682 girls secured GPA-5 among the total passed students in the examination this year.
The board authority announced the results at a press conference in its conference hall here this morning.
Board Chairman Prof Mofakkharul Islam gave an overview of the results.
He told the journalists that a total of 1,30,987 students including 63,317 girls appeared in the examinations in 207 centres from 730 educational institutions in eight districts under the education board.
This year, girls outperformed boys in both the overall pass rate and in achieving GPA-5, with 68.69 percent of girls passing compared to 50.69 percent of boys and 5,682 girls securing GPA-5 against 4,455 boys.
None can come out successful from the 35 colleges under the board this year.
