Dhaka tops HSC pass rate, Barishal records lowest

The combined pass rate across all education boards in this year’s HSC and equivalent examinations is 52.12 percent. Among the boards, Dhaka leads with a pass rate of 61.80 percent. Among the general education boards, Barishal has the lowest pass rate, at 44.84 percent.

These details were announced on Saturday at a press conference held at the conference room of the Ministry of Education at the Secretariat, during the publication of the results.

According to the published results, the pass rate in the Rajshahi board is 45.06 percent, Cumilla 48.04, Jashore 44.92, Chattogram 52.07, Sylhet 50.90, Dinajpur 45.98 and Mymensingh 51.44 percent. The pass rate in the Madrasah Education Board is 61.07 percent and in the Technical Education Board 49.43 percent.

This year, of 1,240,798 examinees, 646,685 passed. Among those who passed, 290,157 are boys and 356,528 are girls. The pass rate for boys is 47.75 percent, and for girls 56.31 percent. Girls are thus ahead of boys by 8.56 percentage points.

This year, 40,084 students secured GPA-5. Of them, 20,363 are boys and 19,721 are girls. Students from 9,190 educational institutions sat the exams at 2,760 centres.

Last year, before re-scrutiny, 69,097 students got GPA-5. After re-scrutiny, the number of GPA-5 recipients rose by another 3,079. In 2024, 145,911 students achieved GPA-5.