Mymensingh college campuses stay quiet on HSC results day as students check scores from home

The results of the 2026 Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) examinations were published in Mymensingh on Saturday (31 October) at the scheduled time, as elsewhere in the country. Yet the familiar scenes of celebration were missing from the city's college campuses on results day.

The results were formally announced at 11am on Saturday at the office of the Controller of Examinations of the Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education, Mymensingh.

This year the pass rate under the Mymensingh board is 51.44 percent. A total of 2,137 students achieved GPA-5, among them 1,018 boys and 1,119 girls.

Results day once drew crowds of students and guardians to college grounds, where waiting for results, celebration and disappointment together created an emotional atmosphere.

This year was different. Hours after the results were published, most college campuses in the city were almost empty.

At Shaheed Syed Nazrul Islam College at noon, the principal and a few teachers were present but no students were there. A few students arrived later, but there was none of the festive mood that results day usually brings.

The picture was the same at Muminunnesa Government Women's College, where the campus was largely silent around 1pm. The few students seen walking there were not this year's examinees; they said they had come hoping to see the campus alive with celebration.

At Alamgir Mansur (Mintu) Memorial College, too, there was no notable presence of students or festive atmosphere around the results.

Teachers at the colleges said students can now learn their results from home thanks to internet access and smartphones. Along with results, detailed mark sheets can also be collected through the education board's website and SMS, sharply reducing the need to visit the institution.

Many students and guardians view the change positively, saying they no longer have to wait for hours at an institution or spend time and money travelling from afar, as they once did.

There is regret, too, over the fading festivities. Mufizunnur Khoka, a senior teacher at Shaheed Syed Nazrul Islam College, said digital progress has made life easier, but the culture of watching results together with friends and sharing the emotions of success and failure has now largely become a thing of the past.