BIAM Laboratory School and College in Cox’s Bazar has explained its performance in the 2026 Higher Secondary Certificate examinations after both of its candidates failed, saying the results of a single examination should not be used to assess the institution’s overall academic standards.
Only two students from the institution took the HSC examinations this year, and neither passed.
Principal Mohammad Shariful Hasan said one candidate was a regular student and the other an irregular candidate. The institution was sincerely disappointed with the outcome, he said, but its performance in other public examinations presented a different picture.
According to the principal, 35 of the institution’s 37 candidates passed the 2026 Secondary School Certificate examinations, with 11 securing GPA-5. One student also received a scholarship.
The institution claimed that the result placed it first among educational institutions in Cox’s Bazar Sadar upazila. It also said eight students received scholarships in the fifth-grade scholarship examination and seven in the eighth-grade examination.
Shariful Hasan said the institution had maintained its position among the district’s leading performers in SSC examinations over the past decade. Students had also achieved good results in SSC and HSC examinations in 2023, 2024 and 2025, he said.
Beyond textbook learning, students had taken part in English and mathematics olympiads, science project presentations, debate competitions and inter-class football tournaments, as well as other national and international competitions, he added.
The principal said the college section had not admitted many students over the past two years because of accommodation shortages. Admission to the college section had resumed for the 2026–27 academic year, and the institution expected better HSC results next year.
He said the institution offered both English- and Bangla-medium education, charged lower tuition and other fees than many other English-medium institutions, and regularly provided scholarships to underprivileged and meritorious students.
Shariful Hasan urged the media to report both good and poor examination results, but said an institution’s overall performance should not be judged based on a single examination. He also encouraged parents and well-wishers to assess the institution’s academic activities and environment firsthand rather than relying on hearsay.
The overall HSC pass rate in Cox’s Bazar district in 2026 was 43.93 per cent. All candidates from two institutions in the district failed.
By Abdur Rashid Manik
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