The average pass rate in this year’s Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) and equivalent examinations stood at 52.12 per cent, down from 58.83 per cent last year.

The figures show a decline of 6.71 percentage points in the pass rate over the past year.

The results were published on Saturday (October 31).

Students appeared in the examinations under nine general education boards, the Madrasah Education Board and the Technical Education Board.

According to the published results, a total of 1,240,798 students took part in the examinations, of whom 646,685 passed. This means 593,113 students failed.

A total of 40,084 students achieved a GPA-5.

The results also revealed that 293 educational institutions recorded a zero pass rate, meaning not a single student from these institutions passed the examinations.

The number of institutions with no successful candidates increased by 91 compared to last year, when 202 institutions recorded a zero pass rate.

Following the publication of the results, students can check their results online, through their respective educational institutions and via SMS.