HSC, equivalent results 2020: 11.83% students awarded GPA 5, pass rate 100% File photo: PRABIR DAS/ Star Star Online Report Star Online Report A total of 1,61,807 students achieved GPA 5, the maximum grade point average, in last year's Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) and equivalent examinations. The GPA 5 rate has risen to 11.83 percent this year from 3.54 percent in the previous year. The government could not hold the HSC and equivalent exams due to the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic. The HSC batch of 2020 will be the first batch of students who will get certificates without sitting for the examinations as it is the first time in the history of the country that a public examination has been cancelled.