No candidates passed the 2026 Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) and equivalent examinations at 293 educational institutions across the country. On the other hand, 139 institutions recorded a 100 per cent pass rate this year.
Last year, 202 educational institutions had a zero per cent pass rate. The figure was 65 in 2024.
Meanwhile, the average pass rate across the 11 education boards in this year’s HSC and equivalent examinations stood at 52.12 per cent.
The pass rate was 58.83 per cent in 2025, marking a decline of 6.71 percentage points this year.
Education Minister ANM Ehsanul Haque Milon inaugurated the publication of the results at a programme organised by the Ministry of Education at the Secretariat at 11:00am on Saturday.
Following the inauguration, the results were made available simultaneously through students’ respective educational institutions and online.
