88.71pc passes JDC exams

The Junior Dakhil Certificate (JDC) examination results were out yesterday with a pass rate of 88.71 percent.
The pass rate was 81.03 percent last year.
The number of GPA-5 achievers increased by a large margin this year as well. Over 1,000 students secured GPA-5 (grade point average) this year whereas last year the figure was 504.
Over three lakh students sat for the examinations this year while another 14,000 students registered but did not appear for the exams.
With this result, madrasa students topped the list of success rate in nine education boards in the country--eight general and one madrasa board. However, in terms of GPA-5 achievers, they retained last position.
This year successful girls outnumbered the boys (1.6 lakh against 1.4 lakh boys) but 639 male students achieved GPA-5 against 375 females.
Over 40,000 students scored between GPA-5 and GPA-4.
Tanjimul Ummah Cadet Madrasa in the capital's Uttara topped the list of 20 best performing institutions under Madrasa Education Board, while Jhalokathi NS Kamil Madrasa was second and Al Jamiatul Falehia Kamil Madrasa secured the third position on the list.
The list of top 20 best performing institutions is prepared on the basis of five criteria set by the government including total number of examinees, successful examinees and GPA-5 achievers.
A total of 342 students, out of 348, who took the exams from seven overseas exam centres were successful. Of them, 33 secured GPA-5.