Dhaka, Dec 24 (UNB) – All examinees from 4,769 educational institutions across Bangladesh cleared the Junior School Certificate (JSC) and Junior Dakhil Certificate (JDC) examinations.

Of the institutions, there are 3,042 schools and 1,727 madrasahs. The number of schools with 100 percent pass rate dropped this year by about 500 but seven more madrasahs joined the rank compared to last year.

Also, no one from 43 educational institutions passed the exams this year. There were 59 institutions with zero percent pass rate last year.

The results of this year’s JSC and JDC examinations were published on Monday with an average pass rate of 85.83 percent.