Dhaka Education Board has secured the top position among the education boards in terms of the number of GPA-5 achievers in this year’s Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) and equivalent examinations, with 16,714 students securing the highest grade.
In contrast, the Technical Education Board recorded the lowest number of GPA-5 achievers, with 886 students attaining the top grade.
The figures emerged from an analysis of the HSC and equivalent examination results published on Saturday.
Across the 11 education boards, a total of 40,084 students achieved GPA-5 this year, including 16,714 from the Dhaka Board alone.
According to the board-wise results, Rajshahi Board ranked second with 4,520 GPA-5 achievers, followed by the Madrasah Education Board with 3,250, Jashore Board with 3,228, Dinajpur Board with 2,953 and Chattogram Board with 2,929.
Meanwhile, Mymensingh Board recorded 2,137 GPA-5 achievers, followed by Cumilla Board with 1,313, Sylhet Board with 1,204 and Barishal Board with 950.
The Technical Education Board ranked last, with 886 students securing GPA-5.
The overall pass rate across the 11 education boards stood at 52.12 per cent this year, with a total of 1,270,583 examinees taking part in the examinations.
