The postponed exam of the Bangla Paper II's MCQ component under Jashore Education Board will be held on September 30. The 20-minute exam will start at 11am, according to a notice signed by Jashore Education Board Chairman Prof Dr Md Ahsan Habib published on Tuesday. On Friday, the Jashore Education Board postponed the Bangla Paper II exam's MCQ component that was scheduled to be held Saturday, as the question paper got leaked due to the wrong question papers being sent to three centres during the Bangla I exam on Thursday. According to sources, the issue came notice after exam officials distributed the question paper of Bangla second paper MCQ exam instead of Bangla first paper among the examinees at Narail’s Kalia Pari Shangkar Pilot Secondary Girls School center, Baishona Kamshia Secondary School, Dighalia Nabaganga Degree College and Itna School and College centers on Thursday - the day of the paper I exam. Exam officials claimed that it wasn’t their mistake, rather it’s the officials of the BG Press in Dhaka who wrongly labeled the packets containing the questions.

Jashore Board has topped in the pass rate of this year’s Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC)  and equivalent examinations while Dhaka Board has recorded the highest number of GPA 5. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday unveiled the results of HSC and equivalent examinations 2021, joining a function at International Mother Language Institute virtually from her official residence Gonobhaban. Read: HSC exams: 5 institutions witness 0% pass rate This year, the average pass rate in HSC and equivalent examinations is 95.26 per cent. A total of 98.11 per cent students passed the HSC exams under Jashore Board, 97.49 per cent in Cumilla, 97.29 per cent in Rajshahi Board, 96.20 percent in Dhaka Board, 95.76 percent in Barishal, 95.71 percent in Mymensingh, 94.80 percent in Sylhet, 92.43 per cent in Dinajpur and 89.39 per cent under Chattogram Board. Meanwhile, a total of 1,89,169 students secured the highest grade GPA 5. Among them, 59,233 students got GPA 5 in Dhaka Board, 32,800 in Rajshahi, 20,878 in Jashore, 15,349 in Dinajpur, 14,153 in Cumilla 13,720 in Chattogram, 9,971 in Barishal, 7,687 in Mymensingh and 4,731 in Sylhet Board. Read: 95.26% pass HSC, equivalent examinations A total of 14,03,244 candidates took part in the shortened HSC and equivalent exams from 9,183 educational institutions under 11 education boards in the country. The HSC and equivalent exams were held on December 02-30 last year with shortened syllabus due to long Covid-19-induced closure of educational institutions.