The Dhaka Secondary and Higher Secondary Education Board has issued show-cause notices to 26 educational institutions where no students passed the 2026 Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) examinations.
The principals of the institutions have also been instructed to attend an emergency meeting at the board on 10 November with relevant documents.
The directive was issued in a notice signed by Kudrat-e-Khuda, college inspector (additional charge) of the Dhaka Education Board, on Thursday (5 November).
According to the notice, the institutions must provide clear written explanations as to why action should not be taken against them under the relevant rules for failing to produce a single successful candidate in this year’s HSC examinations.
The principals or acting principals must attend the meeting at the board’s conference room at 10am on Tuesday, 10 November, bringing administrative and academic records from the past five years.
Of the 26 institutions, three are in Dhaka city, four in Faridpur, three in Kishoreganj, two in Manikganj, three in Munshiganj, two in Narayanganj, two in Rajbari, one in Shariatpur, four in Tangail, and one each in Gazipur and Gopalganj.
The institutions on the list include E Haque College, City Model College and Asian Ideal College in the capital.
Other institutions named in the notice include Kabi Jasim Uddin High School, Meghchami Adarsha School and College, Kazi Sirajul Islam Girls High School and Syeda Sajeda Chowdhury High School and College in Faridpur.
Kishoreganj City College, Lt Col (retd) Karim Bhuiyan College and Abul Kashem College are also on the list, along with Dr Abdur Rahim Khan Women’s College and Golam Monir Hossain Women’s College in Manikganj.
The board will decide on further action against the institutions after reviewing their explanations and the required documents at the meeting.
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