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The 2025 higher secondary school certificate (HSSC) ‘s first annual examination results of the Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education (Bise) Multan reveals 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): 36.321 appeared, 22.062 passed – 60.74%
- Girls (all groups combined): 44.785 appeared, 33.651 passed – 75.12%
- Joint Total: 81.106 appeared, 55.713 passed – 68.69%
The numbers highlight a 14 percentage points performance gap, with girls scoring a much higher pass rate than boys in Multan.
Regular candidates’ performance
Human science group
- Male: 10.512 appeared, 4.587 passed – 43.63%
- Female: 16.743 appeared, 11.876 passed – 70.94%
Pre-medical group
- Male: 5.706 appeared, 4.632 passed – 81.15%
- Female: 12,965 appeared, 11.494 passed – 88.66%
Pre-entrance Sports Group
- Male: 2.973 appeared, 2.320 passed – 78.05%
- Female: 2.167 appeared, 1.820 passed – 84.00%
General science group
- Male: 5.518 appeared, 3.351 passed – 60.73%
- Female: 6.421 appeared, 4.764 passed – 74.17%
Trade group
- Male: 636 appeared, 358 passed – 56.29%
- Female: 786 appeared, 579 passed – 73.66%
Private Candidates Performance
Human science group
- Male: 9.431 appeared, 4.023 passed – 42.65%
- Female: 9.087 appeared, 5.169 passed – 56.87%
Pre-medical group
- Male: 1.702 appeared, 942 passed – 55.35%
- Female: 2.206 appeared, 1.481 passed – 67.14%
Pre-entrance Sports Group
- Male: 599 appeared, 322 passed – 53.75%
- Female: 390 appeared, 211 passed – 54.10%
General science group
- Male: 814 appeared, 424 passed – 52.08%
- Female: 874 appeared, 488 passed – 55.83%
Trade group
- Male: 430 appeared, 193 passed – 44.88%
- Female: 113 appeared, 69 passed – 61.06%
Gender gap in academic achievement
Female students significantly exceeded male students in almost every group in the Multan sign. The most prominent differences have been seen in humanities, trade and science streams, where the percentages of girls’ pass are continuously high. Girls’ dominance in pre-medical further emphasizes them.
