-Md Mostafijur RahmanThe pass rate for the Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) and equivalent examinations has dropped sharply to 58.83 percent, the lowest in the past two decades. In 2024, 77.78 percent of students passed the HSC exams and 145,911 received a GPA-5. This means the pass rate fell 18.95 percent year-on-year, while the number of GPA-5 recipients fell by 76,814. The pass rate for the exams, held on a few subjects with an abbreviated syllabus, was 95.26 percent and 189,169 got a GPA-5. She hinted to bdnews24.com on Wednesday that the HSC pass rate and GPA 5 numbers may drop this time if "grace marks" are not given.
