With 12,602 successful candidates out of 26,300 registered, the baccalaureate pass rate for 2026 stands at 47.92% in Mahajanga province, down 11.85 percentage points compared to 2025.

Fewer than half of the candidates registered for the baccalaureate examination obtained their diploma in this 2026 session in Mahajanga province. Officials from the Baccalaureate Office, under the direction of Mahajanga University president Professor Blanchard Randrianambinina, announced this at the university's headquarters, Kakal building, in Mahajanga Be yesterday afternoon.

Results were published late in the afternoon, less than a month after the examination. The jury deliberation took place Monday morning at Philibert-Tsiranana secondary school in Mangarivotra. "In total, 12,602 candidates were declared successful out of 26,300 registered across both educational streams within Mahajanga province, representing a pass rate of 47.92%," the university president stated.

This result marks a significant decline compared to 2025, when the pass rate reached 59.77% for 24,774 registered candidates. The decrease is thus 11.85 percentage points. In 2024, the pass rate had exceeded 60%, reaching 61.81%.

In general education, 11,661 candidates succeeded out of 25,178 registered, a pass rate of 46.31%, compared to 58.44% in 2025. Technical education showed a pass rate of 83.87%, with 941 successful candidates out of 1,122 registered.

The highest score went to a Series D candidate registered at the Mahajanga center and schooled at Sainte-Jeanne-d'Arc secondary school in Mangarivotra. She scored 16.94 out of 20.

The youngest successful candidate, aged 16, was registered at the Mandritsara center. The oldest, aged 66, also obtained his diploma at the Mampikony center as a private candidate.

Yesterday afternoon, streets around the university headquarters in Mahajanga Be were already crowded with thousands of candidates and onlookers waiting for results to be posted. As with each baccalaureate results publication, traffic in this area was severely disrupted, even paralyzed.