HSC pass rate: Girls outnumber boys for 14th straight year

Female students have outnumbered male students in terms of pass rate in Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) exams for the 14th straight year.

The pass rate among girls is 80.57 percent, compared to 76.76 percent among boys.

Girls beat boys in achieving GPA-5 for the third consecutive year as well.

According to the result published on Sunday, among the GPA-5 holders, 43,230 are male students and 49,365 are female.

On an average 78.64 percent of the examinees
passed the HSC and equivalent examinations- 2023 held under 11 education boards of the country.

According to the Bangladesh Bureau of Educational Information and Statistics, a greater number of girls have passed the HSC exams than boys since 2010.

2009 was the last year that boys outperformed girls in terms of pass rate. In that year, the total pass rate was 74.85 percent, and for girls, it was 74.50 percent.