HSC results 2026 published, pass rate drops to 52.12pc

The pass rate in the Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) and equivalent examinations 2026 stood at 52.12 per cent, down from 58.83 per cent in 2025, Education Minister Dr ANM Ehsanul Haque Milon announced on Saturday morning.

A total of 40,084 students achieved GPA-5 this year, while 69,097 students secured GPA-5 in 2025.

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.

Students can access their results through the websites eduboardresults.gov.bd and educationboardresults.gov.bd or the respective education boards’ websites by providing the required information.

Results are also available through SMS. Students need to type ‘HSC DHA 123456 2026’ and send it to 16140, replacing ‘DHA’ with the first three letters of their respective education board’s name and ‘123456’ with their examination roll number.

Applications for re-scrutiny of answer scripts can be submitted from 1 to 7 November. Detailed instructions will be published on the education boards’ websites.

A total of 1,270,583 candidates appeared in this year’s HSC and equivalent examinations under 11 education boards at 2,697 centres across 9,439 educational institutions.

The examinations began on 2 July. Although they were scheduled to end on 8 August, examinations under several education boards, including Chattogram, could not be completed on schedule due to floods.

HSC Results 2026: Pass rate 52.12pc, 40,084 students achieve GPA-5. Photo: Collected

 

The pass rate in the Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) and equivalent examinations 2026 stood at 52.12 per cent, down from 58.83 per cent in 2025, Education Minister Dr ANM Ehsanul Haque Milon announced on Saturday morning.

A total of 40,084 students achieved GPA-5 this year, while 69,097 students secured GPA-5 in 2025.

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.

Students can access their results through the websites eduboardresults.gov.bd and educationboardresults.gov.bd or the respective education boards’ websites by providing the required information.

Results are also available through SMS. Students need to type ‘HSC DHA 123456 2026’ and send it to 16140, replacing ‘DHA’ with the first three letters of their respective education board’s name and ‘123456’ with their examination roll number.

Applications for re-scrutiny of answer scripts can be submitted from 1 to 7 November. Detailed instructions will be published on the education boards’ websites.

A total of 1,270,583 candidates appeared in this year’s HSC and equivalent examinations under 11 education boards at 2,697 centres across 9,439 educational institutions.

The examinations began on 2 July. Although they were scheduled to end on 8 August, examinations under several education boards, including Chattogram, could not be completed on schedule due to floods.