Jashore, July 14 -- eight SSC examinees under Jashore Education Board, who were initially marked as failed in Chemistry due to an error by the authorities concerned, have finally passed, with many securing GPA-5 following a revision of their results.

The incident of mistake occurred at Pulerhat Secondary School exam centre in Jashore Sadar upazila where 329 students from six schools sat for the SSC exams this year.

Of them, all 48 science students were shown as failed in the subject as their practical marks were not added to the final results.

The error came to light after school teachers analysed the results and found that none of the science students had passed Chemistry.

Upon inquiry, Centre Secretary Md Khan Jahan Ali contacted th...