<div style="text-align: justify; "><b style="font-size: 1rem;">A total of 1,83,578 students got the highest Grade Point Average (GPA-5) in the Secondary School Certificate (SSC) and equivalent examinations-2023 under 11 education boards across the country&nbsp;<span style="font-size: 1rem;">this year.</span></b><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Among the GPA-5 holders, 84,964 are male while 98,614 are female students, according to the results published here today.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify; ">According to the results, a total of 1,59,220 students achieved GPA-5 under General Education Boards while 6,213 Dhakil students obtained the grade under&nbsp;<span style="font-size: 1rem;">the Madrasah Education Board and the number of vocational GPA-5 achievers under the Technical Board stands 18,145.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">In 2022, the number of students who got GPA-5 in the SSC exams was 2,69,602 while it was 1,83,578 in this year, 86,024 students less than the previous year.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Even this year, female students have outnumbered the male students in terms of achieving GPA 5 in the SSC and equivalent examinations.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align: justify;">This year, around 80.39 percent students have passed the SSC and equivalents exams while the pass rate was around 87.44 percent -- 7.05 percent more than the present year-- in 2022. BSS</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify; ">bnbd24/kh</div>