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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) Faisalabad reveal a clear performance gap between male 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): 45.252 appeared, 31.255 passed – 69.06%
- Girls (all groups combined): 58.757 appeared, 45.406 passed – 77.28%
- Joint Total: 104,009 appeared, 76,661 passed – 73.71%
The numbers highlight a performance gap of more than 8 percentage points between male and female students in the total pass percentage.
Regular candidates’ performance
Pre-medical group
- Male: 8,002 appeared, 6.590 passed – 82.37%
- Female: 10.420 appeared, 9.425 passed – 90.45%
Pre-entrance Sports Group
- Male: 2.254 appeared, 1.623 passed – 71.98%
- Female: 2,925 appeared, 2.242 passed – 76.62%
Human science group
- Male: 13.826 appeared, 4.713 passed – 34.09%
- Female: 21.601 appeared, 12.679 passed – 58.67%
General science group
- Male: 8.892 appeared, 4.704 passed – 52.93%
- Female: 10.323 appeared, 6.939 passed – 67.23%
Trade group
- Male: 1.099 appeared, 522 passed – 47.49%
- Female: 1.260 appeared, 690 passed – 54.76%
Private Candidates Performance
Pre-medical group
- Male: 4,119 appeared, 2.897 passed – 70.35%
- Female: 5,134 appeared, 4.098 passed – 79.81%
Pre-entrance Sports Group
- Male: 739 appeared, 430 passed – 58.19%
- Female: 1.025 appeared, 609 passed – 59.41%
Human science group
- Male: 13.917 appeared, 6.121 passed – 43.98%
- Female: 19.218 appeared, 10.982 passed – 57.17%
General science group
- Male: 2.562 appeared, 1.319 passed – 51.49%
- Female: 3.383 appeared, 2.064 passed – 61.01%
Trade group
- Male: 1,205 appeared, 567 passed – 47.05%
- Female: 1.540 appeared, 855 passed – 55.52%
Gender gap in academic achievement
Female students fared better than male students in every large group, with especially strong clues in the humanities and pre-medicals. Girls in science and trade groups have also consistently showed higher success rates, which generally reflect their Strger Academic status.
