HSC pass rate falls slightly to 77.78%, Madrasah board sees highest 93.40% pass
In 2024, a total of 1,331,058 students participated in the HSC and equivalent exams
The results of the 2024 Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) and equivalent examinations have been published, with a total pass rate of 77.78%.
The general education boards recorded a 75.56% pass rate, while the madrasah and technical boards saw significantly higher success rates of 93.40% and 88.09%, respectively.
The results were officially announced at 11am today (15 October) and were made available on the respective boards' websites and at educational institutions simultaneously.
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In 2023, the average pass rate across 11 boards was 78.64%, with 92,365 students achieving GPA-5.
This year, a total of 1,331,058 students participated in the HSC and equivalent exams. Among them, 666,013 were boys and 531,714 girls. The pass rate for boys was 75.61% and for girls it was 79.95%.
This year, 145,911 students achieved GPA-5 — of them, 64,978 were boys and 80,933 girls.
Among the nine general boards, Rajshahi recorded a pass rate of 81.24%, Barishal 81.85%, Sylhet 85.39%, Dhaka 79.21%, Dinajpur 77.56%, Cumilla 71.15%, Chattogram 70.32%, Jashore 64.29%, and Mymensingh recorded the lowest 63.22%.
Madrasahs see highest pass rate of 93.40%
The pass rate in this year's Alim examination under the Madrasah Education Board significantly went up to 93.40% from last year's 90.75%. In 2022, the pass rate was 92.56%.
A total of 85,558 students from 2,683 madrasahs across the country participated in the Alim examination this year. Of them, 79,909 students passed, including 42,793 boys and 37,116 girls.
In addition, the number of madrasah students achieving the highest grade, GPA-5, has also increased. This year, 9,613 students earned GPA-5, compared to 7,097 last year and 9,423 in 2022.
The HSC and equivalent exams began on 30 June, with a total of 1,450,790 students originally registered.
After eight days of exams, all tests scheduled for 18 July were postponed amid the student-led quota reform movement across the country.
Before they were scrapped, the rest of the exams were delayed several times in August and September by both the previous government and the interim government during and after the mass uprising. Ultimately, the results were published based on the subject mapping method.
