68.91 pc pass BD Higher Secondary exams: Girls do better

The results of this year’s Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) and its equivalent examinations were published on Sunday, showing a pass percentage of 68.91.

Of these, 66.84 percent passed the HSC examinations while 77.20 percent came out successful in Madrassah Board and 81.33 percent in Technical Board examinations.

A total of 801,711 examinees came out successful in the examinations in all the 10 education boards of the country.

Earlier, Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid along with the chairmen of all the education boards handed over the results to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at her official residence Ganobhaban at 10:17 am.

The minister will formally announce the results at 1:00 pm at a press briefing.

Controller (Examination) of Dhaka Education Board Tapan Kumar Sarker said the results will be published simultaneously from respective centres or colleges and online at 1:30 pm.

Institution-based result sheets could be downloaded through entry of EIIN of respective educational institutions from www.dhakaeducationboard.gov.bd.

Students will also be able to collect their results from websites like www.educationboardresults.gov.bd, result corner of www.educationboard.gov.bd and website of the respective education board.

The soft copy of the result sheets of centres or educational institutions will be sent to the e-mail addresses of respective deputy commissioners and Upazila nib ahi officers. If necessary, the hard copy of the results can be collected from the offices of deputy commissioners and Upazila nib ahi Officers.

This year, a total of 11.83 lakh candidates appeared at the examinations that began on April 2. The written tests ended on May 15 while practical tests on May 25.