Published : 10 Jul 2025, 11:36 PM
Updated : 21 Aug 2026, 01:30 PM
The Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education, Rajshahi, has posted the highest pass rate in this year’s SSC and equivalent exams, while the Dhaka board once again produced the highest number of GPA-5 scorers.
The results highlight widening disparities between education boards, with Barishal performing the worst in both key indicators.
This year, 77.63 percent of candidates from Rajshahi passed the exams, the highest among the 11 boards. At the bottom was Barishal, with a pass rate of just 56.38 percent, a steep fall from its 89.13 percent in 2024.
As in previous years, the Dhaka board led in GPA-5 achievers. A total of 37,068 students secured the top grade, maintaining Dhaka’s unbroken record since the grading system began in 2001.
Barishal board, by contrast, saw just 3,114 GPA-5s, the lowest among all boards.
Pass rates and GPA-5 counts fell across most boards compared with 2024. Jashore board, which topped last year with a 92.33 percent pass rate, dropped to 73.69 percent this year.
Dhaka’s pass rate declined by over 16 percentage points, while its GPA-5 count dropped by more than 12,000.
Rajshahi and Jashore remained among the better performers, but regions like Mymensingh, Sylhet, and Cumilla struggled, showing notable declines from last year.
SSC RESULTS AT A GLANCE (2023–2025)
Board
2025 Pass %
2025 GPA-5
2024 Pass %
2024 GPA-5
2023 Pass %
2023 GPA-5
Dhaka
67.51%
37,068
83.92%
49,190
77.55%
46,303
Rajshahi
77.63%
22,327
89.26%
28,074
87.89%
26,877
Cumilla
63.60%
9,902
79.23%
12,100
78.42%
11,623
Jashore
73.69%
15,410
92.33%
20,761
86.17%
20,617
Chattogram
72.07%
11,843
82.80%
10,823
78.29%
11,450
Barishal
56.38%
3,114
89.13%
6,145
90.18%
6,311
Sylhet
68.57%
3,614
73.35%
5,471
76.06%
5,452
Dinajpur
67.03%
15,062
78.43%
18,105
76.87%
17,410
Mymensingh
58.22%
6,678
85.00%
13,176
85.49%
13,177
Madrasa
68.09%
9,066
79.66%
14,206
74.70%
6,213
Technical
73.63%
4,948
81.38%
4,078
86.35%
18,145
Total
68.45%
139,032
83.04%
182,129
80.39%
183,578
A total of 1.9 million students from 30,088 institutions appeared in the SSC and equivalent exams this year. Of them, 1.3 passed, resulting in a nationwide pass rate of 68.45 percent, down nearly 15 percentage points from last year.
The number of GPA-5 achievers also dropped sharply to 139,032, from over 182,000 last year.
The results were officially published simultaneously by all 11 boards at 2pm on Thursday. Unlike previous years, the traditional pre-announcement handover of statistics to the head of government did not take place.
The detailed statistics were presented at a press conference held at the Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education, Dhaka, by Professor Khondokar Ehsanul Kabir, chairman of the Dhaka board and president of the Inter-Education Board Coordination Committee.
Students have been able to access their results through their respective institutions, the education boards’ websites, and via SMS on mobile phones.
As with last year, the exams were conducted based on the full syllabus, with full marks and allocated time for all subjects.
