HSC results out: Drop in pass percentages across Maharashtra

Across the state, 13,19,754 students had appeared for their Class XII exams, the results of which were declared online on Wednesday.

Of the nine divisions — Pune, Konkan, Nashik, Nagpur, Aurangabad, Mumbai, Kolhapur, Amravati and Latur — the Konkan division topped the list with a pass percentage of 93.29. However, the Konkan division had recorded 95.68 per cent last year.

Kolhapur division recorded the second highest pass percentage at 88.1, followed by Aurangabad (87.80) and Pune (87.26).

While Nagpur division recorded a pass percentage of 86.35, Latur recorded 86.28. Mumbai ranks third last on the list followed by Amravati (85.81) and Nashik (83.99).

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In the Science stream, 93.16 percentage of students who appeared for the exams were successful.

In the Arts stream, 78.11 per cent students cleared the exams.

Commerce stream recorded a pass percentage of 89.10. Among vocational courses, 81.68 per cent students passed the exam.

While the exam pattern and marking scheme were the same as the previous year’s, this year the state had appointed external examiners for practical exams.

“This could be one of the reasons behind the drop in percentage,” said Dattatreya Jagtap, chairman, Mumbai Divisional Board, MSBSHSE.

The number of private candidates was 48,138, of which only 65.56 per cent passed. This, too, could have brought the overall results down, said Jagtap.

Principal Ancy Jose of Nagindas Khandwala College, Malad, said the college recorded a pass percentage of 90.9 in the Science stream, 97.79 in the Commerce stream and 87.7 per cent in the Arts stream.

H R College, Churchgate, had a 100 per cent pass percentage followed by NM College with 99.82 and Podar college with 99.26.

Niyati Parikh topped HR College with 95.07 per cent followed by Neel Doshi with 94.92 per cent. Niyati said she is preparing for Chartered Accountancy.

SIES College, Sion, has an overall pass percentage of 97.3 from a total of 924 appearing students. “Repeaters always bring down the result,” said Harsha Mehta, SIES principal.

Dr Kiran Mangaonkar, principal of Guru Nanak Khalsa College, Matunga, said, “The overall result has decreased for all colleges. However, ours has been approximately the same.”

The overall pass percentage for all faculties is 93.06. Lamba Simnranjit topped the Science stream with 91.07 per cent, Sony Deeya Arun topped Commerce with 90.23 and Kushwaha Jitesh topped Arts with 85.69.

Nemani Swaksh topped the Science stream in KC College, Churchgate, with 95.08 percent. Radhika Agarwal topped the Commerce stream with 92 percent and Sawant Manali topped the Arts stream with 91.08. The college has an overall pass percentage of 99.6 in Arts, 99.79 in Commerce and 96.8 in Science streams.

Ruia College, Matunga, toppers include Mugdha Bhagwat of Science stream, who scored 95.23, and Siddhi Bhandekar of Arts stream, who scored 91.23. Of the more than 1,000 students studying Science at Ruia, Mugdha excelled because she believed in consistency.

“The English exam was the first hurdle for me. But, I kept working hard. Despite what others think, CET is not that important, your HSC result matters as well,” she said.

As advice for other junior students, she added, “Do not lose tempo throughout the year. Working consistently is the key.” Mugdha’s mother always supported her when she felt nervous.

Principal of Ruia College Suhas Pednekar acknowledged the students’ efforts and said it was difficult to score more than 90 in Arts.

Siddhi, first-ranker, said, “I wrote long answers and practised by doing exercises with my teachers. I am currently preparing for the law CET.”

Keeping with tradition, this year too, girls performed better than boys. Only 83.46 per cent boys were successful in the exams compared to 90.5 per cent girls.

Among repeater candidates, 36.41 per cent passed the exam. A total of 64,643 repeaters had appeared this year compared to 1,00,145 last year.

Student helpline numbers were busy through the day answering queries regarding verification and re-evaluation process.

The hard copies of the marksheets will be available to students at their respective colleges after 3pm on June 6.

Students can apply for verification of their answer sheets between May 26 and June 4 at a cost of Rs 50 per subject.

For re-evaluation, students have to apply between May 26 and June 14 and pay Rs 400 per subject.