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Better SSC result, 48pc still fails

Record 17,276 score GPA-5

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Better SSC result, 48pc still fails
As many as 52.57 out of every 100 candidates on average have achieved secondary schooling certificate this year against 50.27 percent and 36.81 percent in 2004 and 2003.
A record number of 17,276 examinees in Secondary School Certificate (SSC), Dakhil and SSC (Vocational) examinations have scored the highest grade point
average (GPA) 5 this year compared to 9,886 last year and 1,392 in 2003.
The letter-grading system was introduced in the SSC-level public examinations in 2002 when only 330 examinees secured GPA 5.
Viqarunnisa Noon School fetched the highest number of 464 GPA-5s, followed by Ideal School and College finished with 452.
Motijheel Model High School bagged 180 GPA-5s, Monipur High School 179, Rajuk Uttara Model School and College 156 and Government Laboratory High School 148.
The SSC exams are held simultaneously under seven mainstream secondary and higher secondary education boards, Dakhil tests under Bangladesh Madrasa Education Board and SSC Vocational exams under Technical Education Board.
This year, students under Jessore Education Board achieved the highest pass percentage of 69.19, followed by Chittagong with 60.92, Comilla 55.89, Dhaka 52.85, Sylhet 48.47, Barisal 43.41 and Rajshahi 43.13 percent.
A total of 751,421 examinees sat for this year's SSC examinations -218,674 of them under Dhaka board, 204,137 under Rajshahi board, 101,573 under Comilla board, 101,573 under Jessore board, 58,319 under Chittagong board, 52,316 under Barisal board and 29,459 under Sylhet board.
Education Minister Osman Farruk and State Minister for Education ANM Ehsanul Haque Milon, accompanied by the chairmen of the nine education boards, handed the result sheets to Prime Minister Khaleda Zia at her office yesterday.
The prime minister, reportedly satisfied with the results, urged the teachers and guardians to work with more sincerity to help continue the trend of her government's success in the education sector.
Khaleda said her government attaches the highest priority to education, as investments in the sector always yields more dividend.