According to the results published on Tuesday (26 May), in the Secondary School Certificate exams of 2009, a total of 45,934 examinees achieved GPA-5, while it was 41,917 in 2008. But the overall success rate has declined a little compared to that of the previous year. The percentage of passes in eight general education boards is 67.41 this year, while the rate was 70.81 in 2008 under seven education boards. Explaining the reason for the decline in the success rate, Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid said, “The pass rate has declined slightly as the examinees could not adopt unfair means this year.”
A total of 10,58,674 examinees appeared in this year's SSC and equivalent exams under ten education boards, and 7,50,538 of them have passed. The boys' and girls' percentage of success is 73.13 and 68.41 respectively.
The madrasa board's students have outshone the students of the other boards with a pass rate of 85.85 per cent.