Dinajpur education board has witnessed a slight increase in the overall pass percentage this year compared to last year. The number of GPA-5 achievers was 7, 836 more than last year. A total of 14, 265 students secured the highest point in terms of the GPA-5 this year. Like every year, girls outshone boys in the board in both pass percentage and GPA-5. The education board Chairman Prof SM Abdus Samad Azad revealed these at a press conference on Tuesday morning. Exam controller Prof Mir Sajjad Ali and others were present there. The board chairman said students could sit for seven subjects amid the adverse atmosphere this year and their results were evaluated on those. Read: 31% HSC students fail in English under Jashore Board, pass rate drops Under the board, 86,954 students out of 112, 115 from 665 educational institutions came out successfully, he said.This year’s pass percentage was 77.56 percent, an increase of 3.08 percent of last year, he said, adding that 8,110 girls got the GPA-5 while the number for the boys was only 6, 185. The pass percentage of the boys was 73.97 percent while the girls outnumbered them by 704 percent. There were 20 colleges under the board where no students passed this year.