No students pass from 60 colleges

The number of least performing colleges and madrasas in Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) exams has reduced to 60 this year compared to last year's 86.
However, a total of 434 educational institutes including 356 madrasas achieved cent percent pass rate. This number of such colleges was 363 in last year.
No HSC examinee of 23 Alia madrasas and nine technical colleges under the Technical Education Board passed the exams this year.
Six colleges under Dhaka and Barisal Board, eight under Rajshahi Board, five under Jessore Board and three under Chittagong Board failed to have any successful HSC candidate.
But no educational institution under Barisal and Comilla boards has such disappointing HSC result this year.
The number of least performing colleges and madrasas in HSC exams has been decreasing steadily over the last five years.
The number of educational institutes with no success in HSC exams was 131 in 2005 while it was 278 in 2004, 298 in 2003 and 553 in 2002.
A total of 1,046 examinees were expelled this year which was 1,000 in last year, 1,729 in 2005, 3,747 in 2004, 7,616 in 2003, 31,835 in 2002 and 42,270 in 2001.