Morung Express News
Dimapur | April 23
The Nagaland Board of School Education (NBSE) on Thursday declared the HSLC and HSSLC Examination 2026 results, with the latest figures showing a marginal decline in the HSLC pass percentage from last year’s high, while the HSSLC streams registered an overall rebound.
The HSLC overall pass percentage stood at 72.07% in 2026, down from 75.16% in 2025, but still above the 71.87% recorded in 2024 and significantly higher than the 64.69% seen in 2022.
In the HSSLC examination, Arts continued its steady upward climb, reaching 85.78% this year, highest in the six-year period under review. Commerce stood at 81.69%, showing a marginal improvement from 2025, while Science rebounded sharply to 85.67% after falling to 76.54% last year.
The stream-wise trends indicate that Arts has shown the most consistent year-on-year improvement, while Science has remained the most volatile, moving from above 90% in 2021 to the mid-70s in 2025 before recovering this year.
NBSE declared the results a day earlier than previously notified, issuing a revised notification on April 23 and citing a “technical problem related to the timer.”
Girls outperform boys again
Meanwhile, girls outperformed boys once again in both Class X and XII results continuing a consistent trend of stronger female performance in the state board examinations.
In the HSLC examination, girls recorded a pass percentage of 72.72%, with 8,888 candidates qualifying, compared to boys who registered 71.30%, with 7,518 qualifying.
Girls also dominated the merit rankings. Among the Top 20 list, 80 candidates featured, of whom 57 were girls and 23 were boys.
Likewise, in the HSSLC examination too, girls performed better than boys across all three streams.
In Arts, girls secured a pass percentage of 89.56%, significantly ahead of boys at 80.84%. In Commerce, girls recorded 83.36%, compared to boys’ 80.53%. In Science, girls achieved 87.57%, while boys stood at 83.13%.
Private schools continue to dominate
In the HSLC examination, private schools recorded a pass percentage of 86.13%, while government schools registered 43.26%, with both declining from last year’s 87.64% and 48.41%, respectively.
The performance of government schools also marked a third consecutive annual decline after reaching a recent high of 49.13% in 2023.
Out of the 80 candidates who made it to the Top 20 positions in the HSLC examination, only one student was from a government school.
With 95%, Sreeniti Mahapatra of GHS Yachem was placed at Rank 19.
Meanwhile, Aman Kumar of MGM HSS Dimapur secured the top position with 98.33%, while Sudhanshu Kumar of Olympic HSS Zunheboto followed closely with 98%.
With 97.67%, Shreya Singh of Holy Child School Dimapur and Benchumo Tungoe of Isaiah Ability Higher Secondary School Wokha shared the third position.
In the HSSLC examination, Keleno Thorie (96.80%) of Northfield School Khikha, Kumloi K Honghahu (96.60%) of Don Bosco HSS Dimapur and Nitsino Punyü (95.60%) of Mezhür HSS Kohima were the top three performers in the Arts stream.
Shreya Debnath (96%) of Pranab Vidyapith HSS Dimapur topped the Commerce stream, followed by Vicky Kumar and Urbi Chakraborty (93%) of Holy Cross HSS Dimapur. Witamsinbo Kaurinta of Christian HSS Dimapur and Bikram Bhowmick (92.80%) of SD Jain HSS Dimapur shared the third position.
In the Science stream, Menguhaankum Chang (95.60%) and Akivi Benison Aye (95.40%) of St John Higher Secondary Residential School Dimapur secured the top two positions, while Tirmen Jamir (95.20%) of Little Star HSS Dimapur secured third place.
Two toppers from GHSS also made the HSSLC merit list.
Pooja Bharti of PM Shri GHSS Chümoukedima featured in the top seven of the Arts stream with 94.20%, while Moaakum T Longkumer (91.40%) of PM Shri Mayangnokcha GHSS Mokokchung secured the 10th position in the Science stream.
Meanwhile, the NBSE informed that candidates failing in 4 or less subjects are eligible to apply and sit for the HSLC and HSSLC Compartmental Examination.
Besides, a passed candidate can also apply for the improvement examination in four or less subjects.
Both the HSLC and HSSLC Compartmental Examination and Improvement Examination will be conducted in June, it added.
Interested candidates can apply online for both exams through the NBSE portal www.nbsenl.edu.in from May11-16. Digitally signed Migration Certificate will also be made available at the NBSE website, the Board said.
However, those candidates who desire to avail the hard copy of the Migration Certificate, can come to the Board’s office during office hours once they receive their original marksheets, it added.
