He said this after inspecting Shamsul Haque Khan School and College in Matuail of the capital on Thursday (November 5) morning.

In this year's HSC and equivalent examinations, the average pass rate in 11 education boards is 52.12 percent, which is the lowest in the past two decades. Last year, the pass rate was 58.83 percent. This time, the pass rate has decreased by 6.71 percent.

This time, out of a total of 1,240,798 examinees, 646,685 passed. The pass rate for female students is 56.31 percent and for male students 47.75 percent. A total of 40,084 students received GPA-5, which is 29,013 fewer than last year.

This time, no student passed from 293 institutions; last year this number was 202.

It may be mentioned that this year's examinations began on July 2 and ended on August 8. As several examinations of the Chattogram Board were postponed due to natural disasters, the written examinations of that board ended on September 9.