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Bangladesh's education system is grappling with a significant downturn in examination results, as both the Madrasah Education Board and the Technical Education Board have reported their lowest pass rates in over a decade. The Madrasah Board recorded a pass rate of 55.49 percent, a 23-year low, while the Technical Education Board saw a 19-year low with 58.20 percent passing.

These figures represent a sharp decline from the previous year. The Madrasah Board's pass rate fell by 12.60 percentage points from 68.09 percent, and the Technical Board experienced an even steeper drop of 15.43 percentage points from 73.63 percent. Under the Madrasah Board, 1.64 lakh out of 2.96 lakh examinees passed, compared to 1.95 lakh last year. For the Technical Board, 74,470 of 1,27,964 examinees passed, a decrease from 1.01 lakh the previous year.

In both examination systems, girls achieved higher pass rates than boys. Under the Madrasah Board, 59.89 percent of girls passed compared to 51.64 percent of boys. Similarly, 67.48 percent of girls passed under the Technical Board, versus 55.19 percent of boys. The number of students achieving GPA-5 also saw a reduction across both boards.

Officials suggest that stricter examination management might be a contributing factor to the lower pass rates. Professor Khondaker Mohammad Sadequr Rahman, chairman of the Madrasah Education Board, noted that students taking exams at centers away from their own institutions could have reduced irregularities. Despite the overall decline, some institutions under both boards achieved 100 percent pass rates, while others recorded zero percent.

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One possible reason is that examinees did not sit for the examinations at their own institutions and had to go to other centres. This may have reduced irregularities.