More than 36 per cent of candidates failed English, while over 27 per cent failed ICT across nine general education boards.
Students performed poorly in English and Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in this year’s Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) examinations. Across nine general education boards, 36.66 per cent of candidates failed English, while 27.54 per cent failed ICT.
The figures show that English had a higher failure rate than ICT. The information came from an analysis of subject-wise results published on Saturday (October 31).
According to the published results, the pass rate in English was 63.34 per cent. This means nearly 37 out of every 100 candidates failed the subject.
Among the nine education boards, Barishal recorded the highest failure rate in English at 45.92 per cent. Jashore followed with 45.05 per cent, while Rajshahi recorded 43.99 per cent.
The failure rates were 43.95 per cent in Dinajpur and 40.89 per cent in Mymensingh. Meanwhile, Cumilla recorded 35.17 per cent, Chattogram 34.23 per cent and Sylhet 34.16 per cent.
Dhaka had the lowest failure rate in English at 26.38 per cent.
ICT results also show significant failure rates
The overall pass rate in ICT was 72.46 per cent. As a result, 27.54 per cent of candidates failed the subject across the nine general education boards.
Barishal again recorded the highest failure rate, with 33.58 per cent of candidates failing ICT. Jashore followed at 32.16 per cent, while Rajshahi recorded 31.26 per cent.
The failure rate was 28.61 per cent in Mymensingh and 27.36 per cent in Dinajpur. Cumilla recorded 26.99 per cent, followed by Chattogram at 26.64 per cent and Sylhet at 25.80 per cent.
Dhaka recorded the lowest failure rate in ICT at 23.81 per cent.
The results show that Barishal had the highest failure rates in both subjects. In contrast, Dhaka recorded the lowest failure rates in English and ICT.
The figures highlight the differences in student performance across the country’s nine general education boards. English recorded a higher overall failure rate than ICT in this year’s HSC examinations.
