After announcing the 88.7 percent success rate last year, he had expressed hope that the pass rate would rise. He has been strongly refuting allegations that the standard of education is not rising along with pass rate. The 'proper' evaluation method has led to the drop in pass rate this time, he said. "The pass rate is less this year. Education ministry officials said the government issued instructions on evaluation of answer scripts on Jan 31.

Source: bd News24 May 04, 2017 20:26 UTC