Arafat Rahaman
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Reports & Features

Reports, interviews, features and separately identified non-byline contributions.

256 entries
3 November 2026NewsThe Daily Star

HSC result shock: Deep urban-rural divide laid bare

Students in major urban education centres have considerably outperformed their counterparts in many outlying districts in terms of pass rates and GPA-5 results in this year’s Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) examinations.

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2 November 2026NewsThe Daily Star

Zero passes, twice in a row

At an institution in Narail, 35 candidates appeared in last year’s HSC examinations. None passed. This year, 43 candidates sat for the examinations. Again, not a single student passed.

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1 November 2026EducationThe Daily Star

Only half the students pass

The pass rate in this year’s Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) examination hit a 22-year low of 51.62 percent, down 5.5 percentage points year-on-year.

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1 November 2026EducationThe Daily Star

Alim, technical pass rates hit 2-decade lows

Pass rates in this year’s Alim and higher secondary technical examinations fell to their lowest in more than two decades, with nearly 87,000 students failing under the two education boards.

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27 October 2026NewsThe Daily Star

A digital trail to track learning gaps

The government is planning a digital platform to store assessment records of students from classes 1 to 12, helping teachers track their progress and identify learning gaps.

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26 October 2026NewsThe Daily Star

Schools up, pupils down

Bangladesh has more secondary schools than it did seven years ago, but far fewer students in them.

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