A total of 1,631,308 students sat for the exams this year, among whom, 1,366,218 passed, registering a 82.87 percent pass rate. Nine general education boards have a combined pass rate of 83.75 percent this year. A total of 790,335 boys took part in the exams under these nine boards and 655,621 passed, bringing the pass rate to 82.95 percent. Based on this years results, girls have now finished with a better pass rate than boys for a third straight year. The passing rate in the science division was 94.54 percent, humanities division was 76.39 percent and business studies was 84.80 percent.

Source: bd News24 May 31, 2020 12:56 UTC