The Higher Secondary Examination (HSC) results were declared amidst much jubilation as Pune, like the rest of Maharashtra, recorded a higher pass percentage than last year.
Girls, as usual, outperformed boys in the Pune district with 61,694 girls (95.22 per cent) out of the total 64,786 that appeared passing the examination. On the other hand, 67,066 (91.41 per cent) boys passed out of the 73,366 who sat for the examination.
In the Pune district, 1,38,152 students appeared for the exam out of which 17,069 students passed with distinction.
The HSC exams were conducted by the Maharashtra State Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education (MSBSHSE) between February 21 and March 23 this year.
Maharashtra has been divided into nine divisions — Pune, Nagpur, Chatrapati Shambhaji Nagar, Mumbai, Kolhapur, Amravati, Nashik, Latur and Konkan — by the MSBSHSE. The exams were organised through these divisional boards. The Pune division comprises Pune, Ahmednagar and Solapur districts.
While 14,23,970 students appeared for the exam across Maharashtra, 2,42,814 appeared in the Pune division under the fresher regular category. Out of these, 2,29,329 passed the exams in the Pune division, resulting in a pass percentage of 94.44 per cent. This was higher than the state’s pass percentage of 93.37.
The Konkan and Nagpur divisions took the first and second positions, with 97.51 per cent and 94.71 per cent, respectively.
The students of the science stream in Pune district showed exceptional performance, with a pass rate of 78.54 per cent, followed by the students of the commerce stream with a pass percentage of 67.54 per cent and arts, with a pass percentage of 66.53 per cent.
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