Rajshahi Board HSC pass rate 45.6 percent, Rajshahi district tops the board's districts
In results published on Saturday (31 October), the pass rate in the 2026 HSC examinations under the Rajshahi Education Board stood at 45.6 percent. Of 137,356 candidates across the board's eight districts, 61,894 passed. A total of 4,520 candidates achieved GPA-5.
Rajshahi district topped the district-wise results with a pass rate of 55.33 percent. Bogura district came second at 53.64 percent. The lowest pass rate was in Naogaon district, at 36.93 percent.
In Rajshahi district, 15,540 of 28,086 candidates passed and 1,785 achieved GPA-5. In Bogura, 14,341 of 26,738 candidates passed and 1,309 achieved GPA-5.
In Pabna, 7,646 of 18,967 candidates passed and 550 achieved GPA-5. In Sirajganj, 8,585 of 22,664 candidates passed and 301 achieved GPA-5.
In Naogaon, 4,721 of 12,783 candidates passed and 154 achieved GPA-5. In Natore, 4,567 of 11,753 candidates passed and 128 achieved GPA-5.
In Chapainawabganj, 3,767 of 9,820 candidates passed and 148 achieved GPA-5. In Joypurhat, 2,727 of 6,545 candidates passed and 145 achieved GPA-5.
The board saw a wide gap between male and female candidates. The pass rate for boys was 37.71 percent, while for girls it was 53.03 percent — a gap of 15.32 percentage points.
According to the board, 26,933 of 71,428 male candidates passed. Among female candidates, 34,961 of 65,928 passed.
In the district-wise results too, girls outperformed boys in every district. In Rajshahi the girls' pass rate was 63.38 percent against 49.15 percent for boys; in Bogura it was 60.53 percent for girls and 47.35 percent for boys.
