Dhaka, Oct. 17 -- The results of the Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) and equivalent examinations for 2025 have been published, showing the lowest pass rate in 21 years.
The results were released this Thursday morning, through all education board websites, examination centres, and educational institutions across the country, as well as via SMS.
According to the Education Ministry, the average pass rate across the 11 education boards - nine general boards, one technical board, and one madrasa board - stands at 58.83 per cent, a steep fall of nearly 19 percentage points from last year's 77.78 per cent. The last time the HSC pass rate dipped this low was in 2005, when it stood at 59.16 per cent.
This year, a total of 1,235,661 students to...