Girls outshine boys in Maharashtra 12th class exams
Pune, May 25: Once again girls outperformed boys in the class 12th examinations.
The results of the Maharashtra State Board’s higher secondary education were declared on Wednesday.
The overall pass percentage stood at 86.60 in the state. However the pass percentage for girls is 90.50, while for boys its 83.46.
The results for all the nine divisions – Pune, Mumbai, Nagpur, Nashik, Amravati, Aurangabad, Kolhapur, Latur and Konkan – was declared simultaneously.
A total of 13,19,754 students appeared for the class XII examinations, and 11,42,882 passed.
Konkan division with 93.29 pass percentage scored highest, while Nashik division scored lowest pass percentage with 83.99 in the state.
DIVISION NO OF CANDIDATES PASSED
REGISTERED APPEARED PASSED PERCENTAGE
PUNE 218574 218233 190422 87.26
NAGPUR 155896 155728 134473 86.35
AURANGABAD 138557 138181 121329 87.80
MUMBAI 299869 299541 257849 86.08
KOLHAPUR 120852 120619 106262 88.10
AMRAVATI 131717 131571 112906 85.81
NASIK 148708 148475 124707 83.99
LATUR 75352 75123 64818 86.28
KONKAN 32296 32283 30116 93.29
OVERALL : 1321821 1319754 1142882 86.60
