The Dhaka Secondary and Higher Secondary Education Board has issued a show-cause notice to Nasima Kadir Molla High School and Homes in Narsingdi, seeking an explanation for its 100% GPA-5 achievement in this year’s Secondary School Certificate (SSC) examinations.
The institution stands accused of employing “irregular strategies” to secure these results, according to an official order issued by the board on Sunday. The action follows allegations that the school filtered out students during preliminary examinations to maintain its perfect record.
Victims and parents claim that students who failed internal tests were denied the opportunity to fill out SSC registration forms, forcing them to move to other institutions to sit for the public exams.
Data from the institution reveals a significant discrepancy in student numbers, as 601 students were registered in Class IX in 2024, yet only 382 students appeared for the SSC examinations two years later in 2026.
This indicates that 219 registered students were not permitted to participate in the examination through the school. The Board’s order directs the school authorities to appear in person within seven working days to provide a formal explanation.
They have been instructed to submit essential documentation, including admission records, Class IX registration data, results of the SSC preparatory (test) examinations, and information regarding students who completed the SSC form-fill-up process.
The Board warned that failure to respond within the stipulated timeframe would result in further legal or administrative action in accordance with existing regulations.
Media reports indicate that many students discarded by the school eventually sat for the SSC exams through other institutions in Narsingdi.
For instance, of 50 such students who enrolled at Narsingdi Sunbeam School, 25 achieved a GPA-5.
In the results published on 10 August, all 382 candidates from Nasima Kadir Molla High School and Homes passed with a GPA-5, including 376 students from the Science department and six from the Business Studies department.
The institution has a long-standing history of high GPA-5 counts, with all 320 examinees achieving GPA-5 last year. Historical data further shows that 293 out of 294 achieved the grade in 2024, 270 out of 278 in 2023, and 266 out of 266 in 2022.
In 2021, the figure was 237 out of 247, while 200 out of 214 succeeded in 2020, 168 out of 171 in 2019, 137 out of 139 in 2018, and 164 out of 164 students achieved the top grade in 2017.
