HSC Pass Rate Drops 6.71 Percentage from Last Year

The average pass rate in this year's Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) and equivalent examinations stands at 52.12%, marking a decline of 6.71 percentage points from the previous year.

The results were published today, Saturday (October 31), with Education and Primary and Mass Education Minister Dr ANM Ehsanul Haque Milon inaugurating the result publication process at a programme at the Ministry of Education at 11am.

Following the inauguration, results are being made available simultaneously through students' respective educational institutions and online.

The pass rate in the 2025 HSC and equivalent examinations was 58.83%. This year's figure represents a 6.71-percentage-point decline compared with last year.

According to a press release issued by the Inter-Education Board Coordination Committee, students can access their results through online result portals, their educational institutions and mobile phone SMS.

The release clarified that results would not be available at the Ministry of Education, education boards or newspaper offices.

How to check HSC results online

Students can check their results through the education boards' common websites, eduboardresults.gov.bd and educationboardresults.gov.bd, or through the website of their respective education board.

They can also collect their results from their respective educational institutions.

How to check HSC results by SMS

Examinees can obtain their results by sending an SMS from any mobile phone number to 16140.

To receive results, students must type:

HSC <Space> First three letters of board name <Space> Roll number <Space> 2026

and send the message to 16140.

For example, a student under the Dhaka Education Board with roll number 123456 must send:

HSC Dha 123456 2026