Maharashtra Class XII: Mumbai fares the worst of 9 regions
What's the story
Results of Class XII examinations of the Maharashtra Secondary and Higher Secondary Education Board were declared on May 30.
The overall pass percentage was registered at 89.50%. Girls (93.50%) performed better than boys (86.65%).
Meanwhile, Konkan (95.20%) topped the list of nine regions for the sixth year this time. Mumbai lagged behind at 88.21%.
Results can be checked at mahahsscboard.maharashtra.gov.in/ mahresult.nic.in/ hscresult.mkcl.org.
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Girls outshine boys by significant margin, science students outperform others
Science students performed the best, with a pass percentage of 95.85%. Commerce (90.57%) and Arts (81.91%) followed.
Region-wise, Kolhapur (91.40), Pune (91.16), Aurangabad (89.83), Amravati (89.12), Nagpur (89.05), Latur and Nasik (88.22) followed Konkan. Mumbai fared the worst.
Nearly 15 lakh students took the exams this year: 5.6 lakh for Science, 5.1 lakh for Arts, and 3.73 lakh for Commerce. 6,56,000 were girls and 8,48,000 boys.