Female students have outperformed their male counterparts in the pass rate in this year’s Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) and equivalent examinations, while male candidates secured more of the GPA-5.
The contrasting results emerged from an analysis of the results across 11 education boards, published on Saturday.
According to the official results, 356,528 of the 633,149 female candidates who sat the examinations passed, recording a pass rate of 56.31 per cent. In comparison, 290,157 of the 607,649 male candidates passed, giving them a pass rate of 47.75 per cent.
The female pass rate was therefore 8.56 percentage points higher than the male rate, with 66,371 more female candidates passing the examinations.
Male students outnumbered female students in securing GPA-5. A total of 20,363 male candidates achieved the highest grade, compared to 19,721 female candidates, giving male students a lead of 642.
Overall, the combined pass rate across all 11 education boards stood at 52.12 per cent, with 40,084 students achieving GPA-5.
