More than 3.82 lakh students failed the two subjects, with English accounting for 2.43 lakh failures

English and Information and Communication Technology (ICT) are the subjects that recorded the highest number of failures in this year’s Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) and equivalent examinations, with a combined 382,021 students failing the two subjects.

The results were published today (31 October), covering examinations under nine general education boards, the Bangladesh Madrasah Education Board and the Bangladesh Technical Education Board.

Of the 382,021, 243,528 students failed English, while 138,493 failed ICT, according to an analysis of the results published by the 11 education boards.

A total of 1,240,798 candidates appeared in this year’s HSC and equivalent examinations. Of them, 646,685 passed, while 594,113 failed.

The overall pass rate across the 11 education boards stood at 52.12%.