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The 2025 High Secondary School Certificate (HSSC) ‘s first annual examination results of the Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education (Bise) Lahore reveal a clear performance gap between male and female students. In each academic stream, both regular and private female candidates performed better than their male counterparts, which continued a consistent trend of previous years.
Overall pass percentage
According to the official data:
- Boys (all groups combined): 13.212 appeared, 9.528 passed – 73.58%
- Girls (all groups combined): 9.315 appeared, 7.004 passed – 76.54%
- Joint Total: 22,527 appeared, 16.532 passed – 74.86%
The numbers highlight a performance gap of almost 3 percentage points between male and female students in the total pass rate.
Regular candidates’ performance
Human science group
- Male: 19.594 appeared, 11.681 passed – 56.26%
- Female: 9.656 appeared, 5.366 passed – 55.57%
Pre-medical group
- Male: 14.389 appeared, 9.506 passed – 66.06%
- Female: 15.089 appeared, 9.963 passed – 66.03%
Pre-entrance Sports Group
- Male: 7.168 appeared, 4.096 passed – 57.14%
- Female: 9.656 appeared, 5.366 passed – 55.57%
General science group
- Male: 8.249 appeared, 4.129 passed – 50.05%
- Female: 9.390 appeared, 5.035 passed – 53.62%
Trade group
- Male: 2.196 appeared, 1.718 passed – 78.21%
- Female: 2.155 appeared, 1.643 passed – 76.74%
Private Candidates Performance
Human science group
- Male: 36.811 appeared, 13.893 passed – 37.74%
- Female: 31.920 appeared, 12.658 passed – 39.66%
Pre-medical group
- Male: 19.383 appeared, 9.679 passed – 49.94%
- Female: 17.294 appeared, 9.277 passed – 53.64%
Pre-entrance Sports Group
- Male: 17.428 appeared, 4.214 passed – 24.18%
- Female: 14.626 appeared, 3.381 passed – 23.12%
General science group
- Male: 5.184 appeared, 1.315 passed – 25.37%
- Female: 5,751 appeared, 1.835 passed – 31.91%
Trade group
- Male: 1.602 appeared, 656 passed – 40.95%
- Female: 2.351 appeared, 1.425 passed – 60.61%
Gender gap in academic achievement
Female students fared better than male students in almost every group, especially in trading among private candidates, where girls had a success rate 20 percentage points higher. In science groups, female candidates have also shown strenous achievements, especially in pre-medical and general science.
