Dinajpur Board: Pass rate falls
Pass percentage of this year's High Secondary Certificate (HSC) examinations under Dinajpur Education Board sees a decline by 1.36 per cent compared to last year's.
However, the number of GPA-5 achievers has risen to 2260, which was 1814 in last year, said sources of the board.
Of the GPA-5 holders, 1270 are male and 990 female students.
The pass percentage in HSC examinations under Dinajpur Education Board this year is 66.18, including 65.57 per cent male and 66.80 per cent female students.
The pass percentage was 67.54 and 55.90 in 2010 and 2009.
Seventy-five thousand four hundred and fifty-seven students of 484 higher secondary educational institutions in eight northern districts under Dinajpur Education Board sat for this year's HSC examinations and 48,685 of them came out successful.
Gaibandha sees the highest 74.36 pass percentage among the eight districts under Dinajpur Education Board.
Lalmonirhat secured the second position with 71.63 and Rangpur third with 66.32 per cent pass rate this year.
The pass rates of other districts are Dinajpur 66.01, Kurigram 64.44, Thakurgaon 64.29 and Nilphamari 62.44 and Panchagarh 59.21 per cent.
Rangpur district secured the highest 796 GPA-5 in this year's HSC examinations under Dinajpur Education Board.
In Dinajpur district, 436 students secured GPA-5.
Besides, 359 students of Nilphamari, 252 of Gaibandha, 126 of Thakurgaon, 124 of Kurigram, 117 of Lalmonirhat and 50 students of Panchagarh district secured the highest grade point average under the board this year.
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