HSC pass rate drops to 52.12pc, 40,084 secure GPA-5

The average pass rate in this year’s Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) and equivalent examinations across 11 education boards stood at 52.12 per cent, down 6.71 percentage points from 58.83 per cent recorded last year.

A total of 646,685 students passed the examinations, while 40,084 secured GPA-5, according to a source at the Ministry of Education on Saturday (October 31).

A total of 1,270,583 regular and irregular candidates took part in this year’s examinations.

Applications for re-scrutiny of results will be accepted from November 1 to November 7. Students can apply online, with detailed instructions to be published on the websites of the respective education boards.

The HSC and equivalent examinations began on July 2. Although the written examinations were scheduled to conclude on August 8, some examinations under the Chattogram Education Board were postponed due to natural disasters and held later.

Students can collect their results from their respective educational institutions or access them through the central education board websites, including eduboardresults.gov.bd and educationboardresults.gov.bd.