Professor Mahbubur Razzak has called for reforms to ensure fairness in public examination results across Bangladesh’s 11 education boards. He noted that in the 2025 Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) and equivalent exams, the average pass rate was 58.83 percent, with significant variation among boards. Dhaka Board recorded a 64.62 percent pass rate, while Comilla Board had only 48.86 percent. The Madrasa Board achieved the highest rate at 75.61 percent, and the Technical Board 62.67 percent. Razzak argued that such disparities raise questions about consistency in question difficulty and grading standards.

He emphasized that differences in pass rates between boards and across years create inequities for students competing for university admission and employment. Authorities attributed last year’s poor results to long-term learning deficiencies, but Razzak urged the new education minister to take balanced measures so that stricter exam administration does not unfairly penalize any group of students.

He proposed adjusting grade boundaries annually based on question difficulty to align pass and GPA-5 rates across boards. This, he said, would make the grading system more equitable and prevent lasting disadvantages for students from certain boards or exam years.