Rajshahi:A total of 45.06 percent of students in the Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) examinations under the Rajshahi Intermediate and Secondary Education Board have passed the test this year.
According to Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha, this is the lowest pass rate since the auto-pass in 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic. The Board's Controller of Examinations, Professor Iffat Zerin, announced the results at 11 am today.
The published results reveal that out of 1,41,936 candidates from the board this year, 1,37,356 appeared for the examination, with 61,894 successfully passing. Students from 743 colleges across eight districts participated in the examination held at 208 centers. The pass rate for boys is 37.71 percent, whereas for girls, it is significantly higher at 53.03 percent.
Girls have also outperformed boys in achieving GPA-5, with a total of 4,520 candidates securing this top grade. Among these, 1,965 are boys and 2,555 are girls. Additionally, the examinations saw the expulsion of 31 candidates. Notably, only 9 colleges achieved a 100 percent pass rate, while 39 colleges had no successful candidates.
The board has seen a decline in pass rates over recent years, with 97.29 percent passing in 2021, 81.60 percent in 2022, 78.46 percent in 2023, 81.24 percent in 2024, and 59.40 percent in 2025. Professor Iffat Zerin explained that students were graded strictly based on their written answers, without any extra marks, impacting the overall results.