The officials are considering the fact that the students had to secure the maximum grade point without the marks in any optional subject this year. “The number of GPA-5 achievers would have increased had we included the fourth subject marks,” he added. The authorities have also cut three papers and 200 marks off the grade-8 exams to ease the load on the students. Sylhet education board Chairman Prof Md Abdul Quddus and Dinajpur board Chairman Md Abu Bakr Siddique agreed. The pass rate in this paper has dropped to 85 percent from last year’s 96 percent.

Source: bd News24 December 24, 2018 19:07 UTC