A total of 52.12 percent of students have passed this year's Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) and equivalent examinations, while 40,084 candidates secured a Grade Point Average (GPA) of 5.
Of the 1,240,798 candidates who appeared for the examinations under nine general education boards, the Bangladesh Madrasah Education Board and the Bangladesh Technical Education Board, 646,685 passed.
The overall pass rate declined by 6.71 percentage points from 58.83 percent in 2025. The number of GPA-5 achievers also fell from 69,097 last year.
Education Minister Dr A N M Ehsanul Hoque Milon announced the results at a press briefing at the Bangladesh Secretariat today.
Mahdi Amin, the Prime Minister's Adviser on Education and Primary and Mass Education, presented the detailed results.
Of the successful candidates, 290,157 were male and 356,528 were female. Female candidates outnumbered male candidates by 66,371 across all education boards.
Under the nine general education boards, 1,048,530 candidates appeared for the examinations, of whom 541,249 passed, recording a pass rate of 51.62 percent. A total of 35,948 students under these boards secured GPA-5.
Female candidates also outperformed their male counterparts under the general education boards, with 313,460 female students passing against 227,789 male students.
The examinations were held at 2,760 centres across 9,390 educational institutions.
Compared to the previous year, the number of participating institutions increased by 88, while the number of examination centres decreased by 40.
A total of 139 institutions achieved a 100 percent pass rate, while 293 institutions recorded no successful candidates. The number of zero-pass institutions increased by 91 from the previous year.
At eight overseas examination centres, 209 out of 230 candidates passed, recording a pass rate of 90.87 percent.
The HSC and equivalent examinations began on July 2 this year.
