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Dhaka Board records highest SSC pass rate, Madrasah Board lowest
Overall SSC and equivalent pass rate falls to 62.25%; 116,676 students achieve GPA-5
Daily Sun Report, Dhaka
Published: 10 Aug 2026, 11:09 AM
Dhaka Board records highest SSC pass rate, Madrasah Board lowest. Photo: Collected
The Dhaka Education Board has recorded the highest pass rate in this year's SSC and equivalent examinations, while the Madrasah Education Board posted the lowest, according to results released on Monday.
The pass rate in the Dhaka Board was 71.63 per cent, compared with 55.49 per cent in the Madrasah Education Board.
Education Minister ANM Ehsanul Hoque Milon disclosed the figures at a press conference on the publication of the SSC and equivalent examination results at the Education Ministry's meeting room at the Secretariat on Monday.
SSC pass rates by education board
An analysis of the results showed the following pass rates:
Dhaka: 71.63%
Cumilla: 65.42%
Jashore: 66.27%
Rajshahi: 63.67%
Chattogram: 59.48%
Barishal: 60.35%
Sylhet: 58.33%
Dinajpur: 58.05%
Mymensingh: 57.39%
Technical Education Board: 58.20%
Madrasah Education Board: 55.49%
The overall pass rate fell to 62.25 per cent this year, with 116,676 students achieving GPA-5.
In comparison, the overall pass rate in the 2025 SSC and equivalent examinations was 68.45 per cent, while 139,032 students secured GPA-5.
Pass rate falls at general education boards
The average pass rate across the country's nine general education boards stood at 64.05 per cent, down from 68.04 per cent last year.
This represents a 3.99 percentage-point decline year on year.
18.57 lakh students registered
A total of 1,857,344 students filled in forms to sit the SSC and equivalent examinations under 11 education boards this year.
Of them, 930,305 were boys and 927,039 were girls.
Among the candidates, 1,418,398 were registered for the SSC examinations under the nine general education boards, 304,286 for the Dakhil examinations under the Madrasah Education Board and 134,660 for SSC (Vocational) examinations under the Technical Education Board.
Students from 30,666 educational institutions took part in the examinations at 3,885 centres across the country.