A total of 1,83,578 students achieved GPA-5 in this year's Secondary School Certificate (SSC) and equivalent examinations.
Of them, 98,614 are female and 84,964 are male students, according to the results published on Friday.
Last year some 2,69,602 examinees achieved GPA-5, a 32 per cent drop from previous year.
This year around 80.39 percent of students passed the Secondary School Certificate (SSC) and its equivalent examinations, which is 7.05 percentage point lower than last year.
Education Minister Dipu Moni revealed the information when she was formally disclosing the results of SSC and other equivalent exams.
