HPM Sheikh Hasina publishes SSC results

The results of Secondary School Certificate (SSC) and equivalent examinations-2020 under 11 education boards were published today with 82.87 percent pass.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina formally published the results through a videoconference from her official Ganabhaban residence here on SUnday (31st May) morning.

Education Minister Dr Dipu Moni handed over a summary of the results to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina online from her secretariat office. Deputy Minister for Education Barrister Mohibul Hasan Chowdhury Nowfel was present on the occasion.

A total of 1,690,523 out of 2,040,028 have become successful in the SSC and equivalent examinations this year.

As many as 135,898 students achieved a GPA-5 this year, including 70,144 girls.

Education Minister Dipu Moni discussed the different aspects of the exams in a live stream on Facebook.

Nine general education boards have a combined pass rate of 83.75 percent, while the rate is 82.51 percent for the madrasa board and 71.7 percent for the technical education board.

Girls spearheaded with 84.1 percent of them passing the exams, while the pass rate for boys was 81.63 percent.

Of the 1.8 million female students participating in the exams, 856,631 students passed.

At least 1.2 million male students participated in the exams and 833,892 of them passed the tests.

The results of this year's exams will not be sent to educational institutions to avoid gatherings during the coronavirus outbreak.

To get the results via SMS, students will have to register for the service by typing "SSC<space>first three letters of board’s name<space>roll number<space>2020" and send it to 16222 from any mobile phone at a cost of Tk 2.55.

They can also collect the results from the website of their respective education boards.