<div style="text-align: justify; "><b style="font-size: 1rem;">The results of (HSC) Higher Secondary Certificate and its equivalent examinations of 2022 have been published on Wednesday (February 8).</b><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify; ">This year, the HSC and equivalent examinations were held at a total of 9,139 institutions across the country.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Not a single student passed from 50 institutions in the HSC and equivalent examinations, according to the results published today.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The number is 10 times higher than that in the previous year’s HSC and equivalent examinations. In the 2021 HSC and equivalent examinations, only five educational institutions across the country had zero pass rate.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">This year, the average pass rate is 85.95 per cent across the country.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The pass rate in Dhaka is 87.80 per cent, while 78.76 per cent in Chattogram, 80.32 per cent in Mymensingh, 81.59 per cent in Rajshahi, 81.4 per cent in Sylhet, 83.32 per cent in Jashore and 85.95 per cent in Barishal.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Total 1,78,443 students achieved GPA 5 in the HSC.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Education Minister Dr. Dipu Moni held a press conference to brief the details of the results at International Mother Language Institute in the capital’s Shegun Bagicha at 12:30pm.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Earlier, Education Minister Dr. Dipu Moni handed over the copies of results to the Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Later, the Prime Minister published the results of HSC and its equivalent examinations by pressing a button on the computer around 11:45 am.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">A total of 12,03,407 candidates took part in the examination under nine general education boards, madrasa board and technical education board.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Candidates can get their results online or through SMS, board officials said.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">To get the results under general boards through SMS, candidates have to type HSC, the first three letters of the board name, followed by the candidate’s roll number and the year, and send it to 16222.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">They can download individual result sheets by entering roll and registration number.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify; ">bnbd24/kh</div>