DHAKA, Dec 24, 2018 (BSS) – The results of Junior School Certificate (JSC),
Junior Dakhil Certificate (JDC) and Primary Education Completion (PEC) and
its equivalent Ebtedayee examinations were formally handed over to Prime
Minister Sheikh Hasina today.
Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid and Primary and Mass Education
Minister Advocate Mustafizur Rahman handed over the results to the Prime
Minister at a simple ceremony held at the PM’s official Ganabhaban residence
here this morning.
From the same function, the Prime Minister also inaugurated the textbook
distribution programme across the country.
As many as 35, 21, 97,882 free textbooks would be distributed among
4,26,19,865 primary and secondary-level students on January 1 across the
country in the academic year of 2019.
The chairmen of eight general education boards and one madrasa board
handed over the JSC and JDC exam results of their respective boards to Sheikh
Hasina.
Later, Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid and Primary and Mass Education
Minister Mostafizur Rahman will announce the results officially in separate
press briefings at their respective ministries offices.
JSC and JDC examinations were held from November 1 to November 15 with
participation of 25,99,169 examinees.
The PEC and Ebtedayee examinations were held from Nov 18 to Nov 26 with the
participation of 30,95,123 examinees.
The education minister said a total of 22,30,829 students passed the JSC
and JDC exams out of 25,99,169 appeared in those examinations with pass rate
of 85.83 percent.
As many as 68,095 students secured GPA in the JSC and JDC exams, he said.