Bangladesh, May 12 -- Girls have, once again, performed better than boys in terms of the pass rate and GPA 5.0 in the Secondary School Certificate and equivalent examinations.

Of the 2,013,597 students who took the exams this year, 988,794 were boys and 1,024,803 were girls.

This year, the pass rate for girls was 84.47 percent, while the rate for boys was 81.57 percent.

Of the 988,794 boys who sat for the exams, 806,553 passed.

Of the 1,024,803 girls who sat for the exams, 865,600 passed.

A total of 182,129 students received a GPA of 5.0 this year, 98,776 of whom were girls and 83,353 of whom were boys. This means 15,423 more girls received a GPA of 5.0.

Girls have outperformed boys for the past seven years in the secondary school e...