Female Students Outperform Male Students in HSC Results, With Over 66,000 More Passing

PNN News Desk | Dhaka

Female students have outperformed their male counterparts in both the pass rate and the number of successful candidates in this year’s Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) and equivalent examinations. Across the country’s 11 education boards, 66,371 more female students passed than male students. The female pass rate was also 8.56 percentage points higher.

Education, Primary and Mass Education Minister Dr ANM Ehsanul Haque Milon announced the results at a press conference held at the Education Ministry’s conference room at the Secretariat at 11:00 am on Saturday, October 31. Mahdi Amin, the Prime Minister’s Adviser on Education, Primary and Mass Education, presented the detailed results.

According to the published results, a total of 1,240,798 candidates took part in the examinations under the 11 education boards this year. Of them, 607,649 were male students and 633,149 were female students.

A total of 646,685 candidates passed. Among them, 290,157 were male students and 356,528 were female students.

The pass rate among male students stood at 47.75 percent, while the rate among female students was 56.31 percent.

Female students also recorded higher pass rates and a greater number of successful candidates under the nine general education boards. A total of 227,789 male students and 313,460 female students passed under these boards. This means 45,671 more female students passed than their male counterparts.

The pass rate among male students under the general education boards was 47.14 percent, compared with 55.45 percent among female students.

In the Alim examinations under the Madrasa Education Board, 25,278 of the 38,947 female candidates passed, recording a pass rate of 64.90 percent. Among male candidates, 29,269 of the 50,374 examinees passed, with a pass rate of 58.10 percent.

Female students also performed better under the Technical Education Board. Of the 28,863 female candidates, 17,790 passed, representing a pass rate of 61.64 percent.

Among male candidates, 33,099 of the 74,084 examinees passed, with a pass rate of 44.58 percent.

However, male students were slightly ahead in the number of candidates who achieved a GPA-5, the highest grade. Across the 11 education boards, a total of 40,084 students secured GPA-5 results. Of them, 20,363 were male students and 19,721 were female students.