The Maharashtra State Board for Secondary and Higher Secondary Education (MSBSHSE) on Monday declared the Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC), or Class 12 results, with 91.88 per cent of students passing the examination.
According to board chairperson Sharad Gosavi, girls outperformed boys again, with a pass percentage of 94.58% compared to 89.51% among boys.
A total of 14,27,085 students had registered for the examination held in March, of which 14,17,969 appeared and 13,02,873 passed, he said.
The Konkan division was on top with a pass percentage of 96.74%, followed by Kolhapur 93.64%, Mumbai 92.93%, Chhatrapati Sambhaji Nagar 92.24%, Amravati 91.43%, Pune 91.32%, Nashik 91.31%, Nagpur 90.52% and Latur 89.46%.
The science stream recorded the highest pass percentage at 97.35%, while 92.68% students from commerce, 83.26% vocational and 80.52% from the arts stream passed the examination, Gosavi said.
