The results of Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) and equivalent examinations of this year were published on Tuesday (October 15). The average pass rate across the eleven boards is 77.78 per cent.

A total of 1,45,911 students achieved GPA-5 across the country, whereas the number was 92,595 last year.

The Sylhet board saw the highest pass rate with 85.38 per cent, while 79.21 per cent in Dhaka, 81.85 Barishal, 81.24 in Rajshahi, 77.56 in Dinajpur, 71.15 in Cumilla, 70.32 in Chittagong 64.29 in Jashore and 63.22 percent in Mymensingh.

How to get HSC results

Students will be able to check their results through SMS and official websites.

Visiting the Dhaka Education Board website (www.dhakaeducationboard.gov.bd), www.educationboardresults.gov.bd, or www.eduboardresults.gov.bd, and clicking on the "Result" section, institutions can download result sheets by entering their EIIN number. Besides, students can download their individual result sheets using their roll and registration numbers.

Results will also be accessible via the board`s official Android app. Furthermore, students who pre-register via SMS will receive their results directly on their mobile phones.

To pre-register, students must go to the message option of any mobile operator and type: HSC<>Board Name (First 3 Letters)<>Roll<>Year and send it to 16222.

After eight days of the exams, all exams were postponed this year amid unrest centring the Quota Reform Movement and subsequent mass upsurge.