English and Mathematics record the highest failure rates in this year’s SSC examinations

English and Mathematics recorded the highest failure rates among SSC and equivalent examination candidates this year, while ICT had the highest number of successful students across the education boards.

Education Minister ANM Ehsanul Hoque Milon announced the results at the Ministry of Education’s meeting room at the Secretariat on Monday, 10 August.

An analysis of the results showed that the pass rate in English was 78.40% and in Mathematics 82.85% in the Dhaka Board. In the Rajshahi Board, the corresponding pass rates were 74.70% and 77.17%.

The Cumilla Board recorded pass rates of 81.29% in English and 81.75% in Mathematics, while Jashore reported 71.84% and 83.34%, respectively.

In the Chattogram Board, 72.27% of students passed English and 80.05% passed Mathematics. The corresponding figures for Barishal were 69.24% and 77.98%, while Sylhet recorded 69.11% and 75.96%.

The Dinajpur Board reported pass rates of 72.91% in English and 71.05% in Mathematics. Mymensingh recorded 66.64% and 69.61%, respectively.

In the Madrasa Board, the pass rates were 79.21% in English and 69.97% in Mathematics, while the Technical Board recorded 94.79% in English and 70.92% in Mathematics.

Meanwhile, ICT emerged as the subject with the highest number of successful candidates across all education boards.

The overall pass rate in this year’s SSC and equivalent examinations fell to 62.25%, down from 68.45% in 2025. A total of 116,676 students secured GPA-5 this year, compared with 139,032 last year.

The nine general education boards recorded an average pass rate of 64.05%, marking a decline of 3.99 percentage points from last year’s 68.04%.