The pass rate has risen 2.07 percentage points to 87.9 per cent in Junior School Certificate and Junior Dakhil Certificate exams year-on-year.
As many as 78,429 students achieved GPA-5, according to results published by the government on Tuesday.
The pass rate in the same exams in 2018 was 85.83 percent.
Earlier in the day, the results of school certificate examinations for fifth and eighth graders were handed to prime minister Sheikh Hasina, bdnews24.com reports.
More than 5.5 million students sat for the exams.
Education minister Dipu Moni and state minister for primary and mass education Zakir Hossain presented summaries of the results to Hasina at the prime minister’s official residence in Dhaka.
