In the last year, the pass rate was 83.99 percent, 90.45 percent in 2016, 82.77 percent in 2015 and 91.40 percent in 2014. Md Tawarik Alam, acting examinations controller of the Board of Intermediate and Secondary, Chattogram, announced the results on Sunday morning. Also, the figure of students getting expelled for cheating rose to 75, the highest in the last five years. According to the board’s data, there were fewer educational institutions with 100 percent pass rates - 27 this year - than last year’s 56 . At least 1,35,148 students sat the secondary school-leaving tests this year from 1,023 schools.

Source: bd News24 May 06, 2018 14:03 UTC