HSC pass rate falls to 52.12%, nearly half fail
Photo: Agamir Somoy
The results of Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) and equivalent examinations have been published and nearly half of the students failed. The passing rate is 52.12 percent.
In 2025, the pass rate was 57.12 percent. This year, 40,084 students obtained GPA-5.
Prime Minister’s Adviser Mahdi Amin announced the results on Saturday at a program organized in the conference room of the Secondary and Higher Education Division under the Ministry of Education. Education Minister ANM Ehsanul Hoque Milon was also present.
On 2 July, the HSC and equivalent examinations began across the country under nine General Education Boards, the Bangladesh Technical Education Board, and the Bangladesh Madrasah Education Board.
Although the written examinations were scheduled to end on 8 August, due to natural disasters and floods, some examinations of several boards, including Chattogram, were postponed and conducted later. Practical examinations were completed by 15 August.
A total of 12,70,583 candidates participated across 11 boards. Among them, the number of male students was 6,21,969, and the number of female students was 6,48,614. This year, 26,645 more female students than male students participated in the HSC examinations.
Students from 9,439 educational institutions participated in 2,697 centers across the country. Examinations were held under a uniform question paper across the country’s nine General Education Boards. A total of 10,69,714 candidates participated across these nine boards.
