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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) Bahawalpur 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): 23,643 appeared, 12.403 passed – 52.46%
- Girls (all groups combined): 32.084 appeared, 23.001 passed – 71.69%
- Joint Total: 55.727 appeared, 35.404 passed – 63.53%
The numbers highlight a performance gap of nearly 20 percentage points, with girls scoring a much higher pass rate than boys in Bahawalpur.
Regular candidates’ performance
Pre-medical group
- Male: 4.263 appeared, 3.226 passed – 75.67%
- Female: 10.737 appeared, 9.215 passed – 85.82%
Pre-entrance Sports Group
- Male: 1.444 appeared, 1.091 passed – 75.55%
- Female: 854 appeared, 727 passed – 85.13%
General science group
- Male: 4,966 appeared, 2.811 passed – 563%
- Female: 7.202 appeared, 5.104 passed – 70.87%
Human science group
- Male: 9,759 appeared, 3,473 passed – 359%
- Female: 13.224 appeared, 7.902 passed – 59.75%
Trade group
- Male: 49 appeared, 38 passed – 48.34%
- Female: 67 appeared, 53 passed – 79.10%
Private Candidates Performance
Pre-medical group
- Male: 818 appeared, 662 passed – 80.93%
- Female: 2.369 appeared, 1.274 passed – 53.77%
Pre-entrance Sports Group
- Male: 312 appeared, 219 passed – 70.19%
- Female: 198 appeared, 125 passed – 63.13%
General science group
- Male: 1.424 appeared, 806 passed – 56.61%
- Female: 1.866 appeared, 1.260 passed – 67.54%
Human science group
- Male: 1.085 appeared, 386 passed – 35.59%
- Female: 3.261 appeared, 1.947 passed – 59.71%
Trade group
- Male: 24 appears, 11 passed – 45.83%
- Female: 19 appeared, 15 passed – 78.95%
Gender gap in academic achievement
Female students have significantly exceeded male students in almost all groups. The most striking gaps were in humanities and trade, where girls recorded almost double the percentages of the boys. In science streams, girls also had a steady lead, especially in pre-medical and general science, which underlines their stronger academic achievement in the Bahawalpur board.
