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News 7<br />

FRIDAY, DECEMBER <strong>30</strong>, <strong>2016</strong><br />

Pass rate and GPA 5 rise in Chittagong<br />

• FM Mizanur Rahaman,<br />

Chittagong<br />

DT<br />

Breaking last five years’ record,<br />

eighth graders under Chittagong<br />

Board have done excellent job in<br />

Junior School Certificate (JSC) examination<br />

with increased pass rate<br />

and GPA 5.<br />

This year, a total of 90.75% students<br />

passed under the Chittagong<br />

Education Board while a total of<br />

14,135 students secured GPA 5.<br />

The previous year’s pass rate was<br />

85.48% while the GPA 5 holders<br />

were 12,268, said sources at the education<br />

board.<br />

A total number of 181,654 students<br />

had registered for the JSC examination<br />

this year while 179,095<br />

students took part in the examination.<br />

Of them, 162,524 students<br />

successfully came out in the examination.<br />

Examination Controller of Chittagong<br />

Education Board Mahbub<br />

Alam officially announced the results<br />

at board office around 10am.<br />

Expressing happiness, he said<br />

both the pass rate and GPA 5 holders<br />

increased this year, breaking<br />

previous five years’ record from<br />

2013 to <strong>2016</strong> under the board.<br />

“The overall results under the<br />

board have improved and we are<br />

satisfied with the results,” he said,<br />

adding that this year, a total 14,135<br />

eighth graders secured their GPA 5<br />

which are higher than the previous<br />

years.<br />

The pass rate at the metropolitan<br />

area is 94.18% while the pass rate<br />

except the metropolitan are under<br />

Chittagong district is 88.92%, said<br />

the examination controller.<br />

Of the 14,135 GPA 5 holders,<br />

7,820 are female while 6,315 are<br />

Girls secure more GPA 5 in<br />

JSC examinations under<br />

Rajshahi Board<br />

• Abdullah Al Dulal, Rajshahi<br />

(Top) Students at Dr Khastagir<br />

Government Girls’ School in Chittagong<br />

city, who have achieved GPA-5 this<br />

year in Junior School Certificate<br />

examinations, rejoice after their<br />

result published yesterday. (Bottom)<br />

Students at Govt PN Girls’ High School<br />

in Rajshahi city rejoice after their<br />

result of Junior School Certificate<br />

examinations declared yesterday<br />

Girls have earned higher grades<br />

than boys in Junior Certificate (JSC)<br />

examinations under Rajshahi Education<br />

Board this year.<br />

The board authority announced<br />

the results at a press conference at<br />

its conference hall yesterday noon<br />

with Acting Chairman Dr Anwarul<br />

Haque Pramanik in the chair.<br />

A total of 97.68% students passed<br />

the examinations under the board<br />

this year which was 97.47% last year.<br />

A total of 2,26,892 students appeared<br />

in the examinations. Of<br />

them 2,21,617 students came out<br />

successful. 40,471 students including<br />

21,876 girls secured GPA-5 this<br />

year under the board.<br />

According to the result sheet,<br />

the rate of success of girls in all aspects<br />

that is pass-percentage and<br />

GPA 5 rate is higher than boys.<br />

Controller of Examinations Prof<br />

Tarun Kumar Sarker told the pres<br />

conference that 2,26,892 students<br />

including 1,15,086 girls appeared<br />

in the examinations at 211 centers<br />

from 2,891 schools in eight districts<br />

under the board this year.<br />

Dr Anwarul Pramanik, secretary<br />

of Rajshahi Education Board,<br />

Inspector Debeshish Ranjan Roy,<br />

Senior System Analysist Engineer<br />

Shafiqul Islam among others were<br />

present on the occasion.<br />

Rajshahi division also achieved<br />

top position among the seven divisions<br />

in terms of pass rate as 99 per<br />

cent examinees under the division<br />

have become successful in the Primary<br />

School Certificate (PSC) examinations<br />

this year. •<br />

male. Of the overall pass rate, boys<br />

lagged behind the girls with 91.14%<br />

pass rate.<br />

A total number of 192 schools<br />

passed 100% at the JSC examination<br />

in this year, said the board<br />

sources.<br />

97.52% pass in PSC at Ctg board<br />

Meanwhile, this year the pass<br />

rate of fifth grader terminal<br />

examination is 91.52% where a<br />

152,783 students successfully came<br />

out. A total of 156,676 students<br />

took part in this year under PSC<br />

examination.<br />

Apart from that, in Ebtedayee<br />

terminal examination, the pass<br />

rate in Chittagong is 90.86%, said<br />

Chittagong District Primary Education<br />

office. •<br />

GPA 5 achievers in JSC exams<br />

increase under Sylhet Board<br />

• Md Serajul Islam, Sylhet<br />

Number of GPA-5 achievers in Junior<br />

School Certificate (JSC) examinations<br />

under Sylhet Education<br />

Board has increased compared to<br />

last year’s result.<br />

The number of GPA-5 achievers<br />

this year is 10,255 in four districts<br />

under the board. Of them 4,457<br />

are boys and 5,798 are girls.<br />

Last year a total of 4,956 students<br />

got GPA-5.<br />

A total of 1<strong>30</strong>,703 students sat<br />

for the exams. Of them, 122,034<br />

passed. The pass rate is 93.37 percent.<br />

Of the districts, the pass rate is<br />

94.81 percent for Sylhet, 92.75 for<br />

Habiganj, 91.21 for Moulvibazar<br />

and 93.08 for Sunamganj district.<br />

Though the pass rate is 0.22 percent<br />

less than last year, number of<br />

AZAHAR UDDIN<br />

GPA-5 is two times higher this year. Of<br />

1,004 schools, 100 percent students<br />

passed at 288 schools. No students<br />

fails in any school. Md Shamshul Islam,<br />

controller of Sylhet Education<br />

Board declared the result in a press<br />

briefing yesterday morning.<br />

The result of Primary School<br />

RABIN CHOWDHURY<br />

Certificate (PSC) was published in<br />

Sylhet yesterday showing 96.79<br />

percent pass in Sylhet division.<br />

A total of 217,545 out of 237, 270<br />

came out successful in the PSC examinations<br />

in Sylhet division this<br />

year. Among the pass 7941 students<br />

got GPA-5. •

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