Female students have surpassed their male peers in both pass and GPA 5.0 rates in the 2021 Higher Secondary Certificate and equivalent exams, reports bdnews24.com.
Of the 656,165 girls who attended the exams, 633,138, or 96.49 per cent of the group, crossed the hurdle, while 715,516 male students appeared in the tests and 673,580, or 94.14 per cent, were successful.
In the 2021 exams, 102,406 female students won a GPA of 5.0, staying ahead in the race, as 86,763 boys secured a GPA of 5.0.
The results of the exams were announced on Sunday.
The exam results were handed over to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at an event at the International Mother Language Institute, which she attended via video conference from her official residence Ganabhaban.
Education Minister Dipu Moni, who received the summaries of the results on behalf of the prime minister, announced highlights from the summary at a press conference afterwards.
Nearly 1.4 million students sat for exams in the HSC, Alim, HSC Vocational, HSC Business Management and Diploma in Commerce.
Students from 9,183 institutions took their HSC and equivalent exams on Dec 02 at 2,621 centres under nine education boards, including the madrasa and vocational ones.
The exams were delayed by about eight months from their usual schedule because of the Covid-19 pandemic.
UNB adds: Jashore Board has topped in the pass rate of this year's HSC and equivalent examinations while Dhaka Board has recorded the highest number of GPA 5.
This year, the average pass rate in HSC and equivalent examinations is 95.26 per cent.
A total of 98.11 per cent students passed the HSC exams under Jashore Board, 97.49 per cent in Cumilla, 97.29 per cent in Rajshahi Board, 96.20 per cent in Dhaka Board, 95.76 per cent in Barishal, 95.71 per cent in Mymensingh, 94.80 per cent in Sylhet, 92.43 per cent in Dinajpur and 89.39 per cent under Chattogram Board.
Meanwhile, a total of 1,89,169 students secured the highest grade GPA 5.
Among them, 59,233 students got GPA 5 in Dhaka Board, 32,800 in Rajshahi, 20,878 in Jashore, 15,349 in Dinajpur, 14,153 in Cumilla, 13,720 in Chattogram, 9,971 in Barishal, 7,687 in Mymensingh and 4,731 in Sylhet Board.
A total of 14,03,244 candidates took part in the shortened HSC and equivalent exams from 9,183 educational institutions under 11 education boards in the country.
The HSC and equivalent exams were held on December 02-30 last year with shortened syllabus due to long Covid-19-induced closure of educational institutions.
Meanwhile, no student from five educational institutions came out successful in this year's HSC and equivalent examinations while all students of 1,934 educational institutions passed the exams.
All five institutions where 100 per cent of the examinees have failed are under nine general education boards.
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