Cumilla Board HSC: 63.83% Pass in Science, 41.45% in Humanities — Girls Ahead of Boys

Science students performed best in the stream-wise results of the 2026 Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) examinations under the Cumilla Education Board, with a pass rate of 63.83 percent. The pass rate was 41.45 percent in the humanities stream and 40.73 percent in business studies.

The Cumilla Education Board's controller of examinations, Professor Dr Md Shafiqul Islam, formally announced the results at a press conference on Saturday morning (October 31).

Overall, the pass rate in the Cumilla Board stood at 48.04 percent. A total of 1,313 students in the board achieved GPA-5 this year.

An analysis of the published results shows 28,418 students were registered in the science stream. Of them, 27,846 sat the exam and 17,774 passed — a pass rate of 63.83 percent.

In the humanities stream, 41,972 students sat the exam and 17,398 passed, giving a pass rate of 41.45 percent.

In business studies, 23,100 students were registered but 22,344 sat the exam. Of them, 9,100 passed, a rate of 40.73 percent — the lowest pass rate among the three streams.

In stream-wise results, science students were ahead of humanities students by 22.38 percentage points and ahead of business studies students by 23.10 percentage points.

Overall, 92,162 students sat the exam in the Cumilla Board this year — 36,728 boys and 55,434 girls. A total of 44,272 passed, including 15,857 boys and 28,415 girls.

The analysis also shows the boys' pass rate was 43.17 percent, compared with 51.26 percent for girls. Alongside science students leading the stream-wise results, girls did better than boys both in pass rate and in the number of successful candidates.