The overall pass rate in this year's Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) and equivalent examinations has dropped to 52.12%, down 6.71 percentage points from 58.83% last year.
The number of students securing the highest Grade Point Average (GPA-5) has also declined significantly, falling to 40,084 this year from 69,097 in 2025, a decrease of 29,013 or around 42%.
Education Minister A N M Ehsanul Hoque Milon announced the results at a press briefing on Saturday held at the conference room of the Secondary and Higher Education Division at the Secretariat.
Among the GPA-5 achievers, 20,363 were male students and 19,721 were female students.
Prime Minister's Office (PMO) spokesperson Mahdi Amin also spoke at the press briefing.
This year the pass rates are 61.80% in Dhaka Board, 45.06% in Rajshahi, 48.04% in Cumilla, 44.92% in Jashore, 52.07% in Chattogram, 44.84% in Barishal, 50.90 % in Sylhet, 45.98% in Dinajpur, 51.44% in Mymensingh, 61.07% in the Madrasah Education Board, and 49.43% in the Technical Education Board.
Nearly half of the students who appeared in this year's Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) and equivalent examinations have failed.
Of the 1,240,798 students who appeared in the examinations under 11 education boards, 646,685 passed while 594,113 failed.
An analysis of the results shows that the pass rate this year is the lowest since 2004, when 47.74 percent of examinees passed.
In 2025, a total of 69,097 students secured GPA-5, while 58.83% of the candidates passed the examinations. The previous year's results also saw a sharp decline, with the pass rate falling by 19 percentage points from the year before.
Students will be able to access their results through the official online result portals, their respective educational institutions and SMS services.
