Staff reporter : Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today asked to find out the reasons as to why boys are declining in number and lagging behind girls in their academic results.

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PM said while publishing the results of Secondary School Certificate (SSC) and equivalent examinations- 2024 on Sunday.

Sheikh Hasina unveiled the results online through pressing a button at a ceremony at her official residence Ganabhaban. Earlier, Education Minister Mohibul Hassan Chowdhoury handed over the results summary and statistics to the premier.

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Prime Minister said the total number of candidates is 20,38,150 under 11 education boards this year. Among them, the number of boys is 9,99,364, while that of girls is 10,38,786.

She said it needs to take initiative now for unearthing the causes that boys are declining in number.

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The PM said that in case of the pass percentage, the girls are ahead of boys. It is fine. Even then I would like to say that we've to pay attention to it.

Sheikh Hasina also asked Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS) and education boards to look into the matter and find the reason as to why the number of students is reducing. "The number of boys is not supposed to go down. It should be equal (to that of girls)," she added.

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