This year’s pass rate fell 2.58 percentage points year-on-year. The prime minister congratulated the candidates who had successfully passed their exams after receiving the summary from Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid and the chairpersons of the ten education boards. “As there were more candidates this year it is not too concerning that the pass rate has dropped. After all, a 77.77 percent pass rate is not particularly low,” Hasina said. According to the education minister, a total of 2,026,574 students sat for exams under ten education boards this year, up from 1,482,962 last year.

Source: bd News24 May 06, 2018 07:07 UTC