HSC results: Girls lead in pass rate, boys secure more GPA-5

In the HSC and equivalent examinations 2026, girls have outperformed boys in the pass rate. However, boys have edged out girls in achieving the top result, GPA-5. According to the published results, the average pass rate this year is 52.12 percent. A total of 40,084 students secured GPA-5.

On Saturday (October 31) at around 11am, the results were formally published at the conference room of the Secondary and Higher Education Division of the Ministry of Education at the Secretariat. Education Minister Dr A N M Ehsanul Hoque Milon presented a summary of the simultaneous announcement of results for all 11 education boards.

According to the statistics, a total of 1,240,798 examinees took part this year. Of them, 646,685 passed. Among the successful students, 290,157 are boys and 356,528 are girls.

The pass rate for boys is 47.75 percent, while for girls it is 56.31 percent. Girls are thus ahead of boys by 8.56 percentage points in the pass rate.

The picture is different for GPA-5. A total of 40,084 students achieved the top result this year. Of them, 20,363 are boys and 19,721 are girls. As a result, there are 642 more boys than girls among GPA-5 recipients.

A review of the results also shows that this year’s pass rate is the lowest in 21 years. The combined pass rate across the 11 boards is 52.12 percent. Earlier, in 2004, the pass rate in the HSC examination was 47.74 percent. The pass rate has not fallen this low in any year since.

According to the relevant statistics, the pass rate has also fallen significantly compared with last year. In 2025, the pass rate in the HSC and equivalent examinations was 58.83 percent. On that basis, the pass rate fell by 6.71 percentage points in a year.