HSC candidates failing one or two subjects to get chance to resit within a month, pass rate 52.12 percent
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Those who have failed in one or two subjects in the HSC and equivalent examinations will get the chance to sit the exam again within a month.
Education Minister ANM Ehsanul Hoque Milon and the Prime Minister’s adviser Mahdi Amin said this at the inaugural ceremony for publishing the results of the 2026 HSC and equivalent examinations at the Secretariat on Saturday.
The average pass rate in this year’s Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) and equivalent examinations is 52.12 percent. Last year the rate was 58.83 percent; that is, the pass rate has fallen by 6.71 percentage points this time.
According to a notice, examinees and educational institutions can view results on the education boards’ joint website (eduboardresults.gov.bd and educationboardresults.gov.bd) and on the official websites of the respective education boards, and results can also be downloaded along with mark sheets.
Educational institutions can download the full result sheet by going to the ‘Result’ corner of the board website and entering the institution’s EIIN number. Examinees can also collect their results directly from their respective educational institutions if they wish.
The Inter-Education Board Coordination Committee said results can also be known quickly by sending an SMS from a mobile phone. Go to the message option of any mobile number and type:
HSC <space> first three letters of the board’s name <space> roll number <space> 2026 and send it to 16140.
[Example: type HSC Dha 123456 2026 and send it to 16140.]
No results will be given directly from the education boards, the education ministry or newspaper offices.
Those not satisfied with their results can apply for re-scrutiny or re-evaluation of answer scripts. Online applications will open on 1 November and continue until 7 November. Detailed rules for re-scrutiny and the fee payment process will be announced through notices on the education boards’ websites.
According to the education ministry, a total of 1,270,583 examinees took part under 11 boards this year. Students from 9,439 educational institutions sat the exams at 2,697 centres across the country.
This year’s HSC and equivalent examinations began on 2 July and ended on 8 August. Practical exams were then due to be completed by 15 August. However, due to a natural disaster, some written exams of the Chattogram Education Board could not be held on schedule. When those postponed exams were held later, the written exams of that board ended on 9 September.
This year, 1,270,583 examinees from 9,439 educational institutions took part in the HSC and equivalent examinations under the country’s 11 education boards. There were 2,697 exam centres across the country for them.
Among the general education boards, the Dhaka board had the most examinees, 300,393. A total of 140,830 sat the exams under the Rajshahi board, 117,210 in Jashore, 113,479 in Dinajpur, 99,688 in Chattogram, 94,802 in Cumilla, 73,037 under the Mymensingh board, 71,711 in Sylhet and 58,664 in Barishal.
A total of 92,905 examinees took part under the Madrasah Education Board and 107,964 under the Technical Education Board.
Background
According to a Dhaka Times report on 12 October 2026, Professor Syed Akhtaruzzaman, president of the Inter-Education Board Coordination Committee, had said at the time that there was a plan to hold exams within two months of the publication of results instead of making failed students wait a year.
A Prothom Alo report on 12 October 2026 said Mahdi Amin had spoken of positively considering a proposal to hold exams in failed subjects within three months of the publication of results; a former chairman of the Dhaka board said there had been no such rule in public examinations until then.
By the numbers
According to TBS’s 16 October 2025 calculation, the 2025 pass rate of 58.83 percent was the lowest since 2004 (47.74 percent).
According to a Prothom Alo (English) report on 16 October 2025, the pass rate in HSC and equivalent examinations in 2024 was 77.78 percent.
Sources
Original report: Ajker Patrika
Background sources: Dhaka Times, 12 October 2026; Prothom Alo, 12 October 2026; TBS, 16 October 2025; Prothom Alo (English), 16 October 2025
