The Dinajpur Education Board is threatening to revoke the recognition of 43 colleges after a catastrophic HSC 2025 result season, where not a single student from these institutions passed. This crisis has plunged the board's overall pass rate to 57.5%—the lowest in five years—and exposed a drastic decline, as the number of colleges with a 100% failure rate has more than doubled from just 20 last year.
According to the education board's information, none of the 182 examinees from these 43 colleges managed to pass. A district-wise breakdown shows that in Nilphamari, 10 colleges; in Kurigram, 9; in Thakurgaon, 6; in Lalmonirhat, 5; in Dinajpur and Rangpur, 4 each; in Panchagarh, 3; and in Gaibandha, 2 institutions saw 100 percent of their students fail.
Following this disastrous result, the Dinajpur Education Board has sent a strong message to the colleges. Board Chairman Professor Md. Tawhidul Islam stated that letters are being sent to the heads of these 43 institutions, and they will be asked for an explanation. He said, "We will ask why the results were so catastrophic despite having a low number of students. If they cannot commit to improving the quality of education and fail to implement it, their recognition may be revoked."
This year, a total of 105,921 candidates appeared for the exam under the Dinajpur Board, of whom 60,882 passed. A significant number of 45,039 students failed. This massive failure rate, coupled with the 'zero pass' phenomenon in 43 institutions, has raised serious questions about the standard of the education system.
Authorities of several institutions have cited reasons for the result debacle and mentioned applying for script re-evaluations, requesting the board to reconsider the matter. However, educationists and parents believe that the main reasons for this collapse are the poor quality of teaching in colleges, the irregular attendance of teachers, and weak monitoring.
This unprecedented result fiasco in the Dinajpur Board has sparked intense discussion in the educational landscape of the northern region. The board's warning to revoke the recognition of 43 colleges has raised fresh questions about the standards of these educational institutions.
