More than 16,000 students received their General Secondary Certificate results Thursday, with boys taking the majority of the year's top marks and the daytime scientific track posting the strongest showing at a 90.10% pass rate.
Of the 50 students who achieved a flawless 100% in the scientific stream, 31 were boys and 19 girls — a split officials said reflected the level of academic competition on display through the year.
Her Excellency Minister of Education and Higher Education Lolwah al-Khater approved the first-round results for the 2025-2026 academic year at an official meeting at the ministry's Doha headquarters, attended by senior officials and education leaders.
The minister congratulated successful students and their families, saying the results reflected a year of sustained effort and dedication, and praised the work of teachers, school administrators and parents in carrying pupils through the year.
The numbers tell a story of broad improvement. In all, 10,898 students scored 70% or above — the threshold that opens the door to higher education institutions in Qatar and abroad — while a marked lift in attainment was recorded across the board compared with previous years.
Performance varied by track. The daytime scientific stream led at 90.10%, followed by the humanities track at 82.24% and the technological track at 80.14%. Adult education trailed, with the scientific stream at 37.93%, humanities at 52.10% and the parallel track at 41.80%.
Several schools turned in near-perfect sheets. Qatar Science and Technology Secondary School for Boys, Qatar Banking Studies and Business Administration Secondary School and the two Audio Education Schools each recorded a clean 100%. The Religious Institute Preparatory and Secondary School for Boys came in at 97.87%, while Qatar Technical Secondary School logged 89.24% in daytime study and 83.72% in adult education.
Assistant Undersecretary for Evaluation Affairs Khalid Abdullah al-Harqan told a press conference that 16,486 students sat the examinations across the various tracks. He credited co-ordinated work across state institutions and the dedication of school staff for the year's outcomes, singling out the stability and quality maintained by teaching and administrative teams. Some 3,501 students did not clear the first round, he added, but will have the chance to sit second-round examinations.
Director of the Student Assessment Department Ibrahim al-Mohannadi said the achievement was the product of a full year of continuous work and co-operation between students, families and schools. The process ran well beyond the exam period itself, he noted, taking in marking, review, verification and moderation under a system built on transparency, accuracy and fairness. Examination centres, invigilators and supervisors had been central to keeping the testing environment well regulated, he said, with discipline key to safeguarding fairness.
Director of Public Relations and Communication Maryam al-Mohannadi said success in the certificate was never an individual feat but the fruit of partnership between families, schools and teachers. Results day remained a milestone charged with anticipation, emotion and hope, she said, before giving way to the joy of achievement — and she voiced hope that students would carry that confidence into the next stage of their journeys and into Qatar's future development.
