The pass rate of Secondary School Certificate (SSC) and equivalent examinations-2023 in Chittagong Education Board (CEB) is 78.29 percent while it (pass rate) was 87.53 per cent in the last year.
This year, a total of 1,20,086 students came out successful in the examinations under the board with the decrease in percentage of pass rate and the number of GPA-5 scorers, according to the results published Friday.
In the current year, a total of 1,54,769 students from 1,107 educational institutions appeared in the SSC examinations in 216 centers under the CEB. Of those, 1,20,086 students came out successful.
There are 45 schools under the board which have secured 100 percent pass rate in the examinations this year, sources said.
The CEB Controller of Examinations said that 11,450 students-- 6,446 are girls and 5,004 are boys-- got GPA-5 in the SSC examinations under the board this year which is less than 7,214 as 18,664 got GPA-5 in 2022.
The female students have outnumbered their male counterparts in terms of pass rate including GPA-5 in the examinations-2023, sources said.
"After the COVID-19 situation, the examinations have been conducted in all subjects and in full time this year. Hence the pass rate and GPA-5 has decreased. Overall, our students have done well," Narayan Chandra added.
