The Maharashtra State Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education (MSBSHSE) declared the SSC (Class 10) Board results today. The state recorded a pass percentage of 91.46 percent.
The highest pass percentage was recorded by Konkan division, at 96.54 percent, next was Kolhapur with 95.12 percent. Pune stood third with 95.10 percent, and Mumbai was fourth with 92.90 percent.
Continuing the trend, girls outperformed boys once again. The girl students achieved a pass percentage of 92.94 percent, while they boys got 90.18 percent.
Also, the state saw an increase in the number of schools having a 100 percent pass record, with a total of 4,731 schools stating that all their students passed. The number of schools reporting zero pass percentage has also reduced to 21 this year.
The candidates who appeared for the examination will be able to access their results at the official sites of the Board, www.mahahsscboard.maharashtra.gov.in and mahresult.nic.in. They also have the option of checking their results through the Board's SMS facility.
This year, over 17.3 lakh students appeared for the Secondary School Certificate examination, which was conducted at 343 centres across the state. The exams began on March 3 and concluded on March 26. The students were tested on subjects under Science and Technology, Social Science, Mathematics, Languages and Information Communication Technology.
MSBSHSE was established in January 1966 and subsequently began the process of conducting examinations in 1974. It conducts the HSC and SSC examinations through its nine divisional boards in Mumbai, Nagpur, Pune, Latur, Aurangabad, Amravati, Nasik, Kolhapur and Ratnagiri. A total of 21,000 schools for SSC and 7,000 schools for HSC are affiliated to the board.
The board has the power to regulate, supervise and control school education in Maharashtra. Its primary function is to prepare academic programmes and organise examinations, especially for state level SSC (Class 10) and HSC (Class 12).
