Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday asked the authorities concerned to give special attention to the academic activities at their educational institutions.

After a steady rise in the success rate since its introduction in 2010, the overall JSC examination results this year suffered a significant fall both in terms of the pass rate and the number of highest achievers.

The success rate in Junior Secondary Certificate (JSC) and Junior Dakhil Certificate (JDC) examinations suffers a significant fall this year. The combined pass percentage of the JSC and JDC examinations comes down to 83.65 percent, dipping 9.41 percentage points from last year.