SSC results: Mumbai surpasses state with 95.84 pass percentage
Mumbai division with a pass percentage of 95.84 per cent was better than the state’s overall pass percentage of 94.1 per cent in the Secondary School Certificate (SSC) Class 10 exam, results of which were declared by the Maharashtra State Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education (MSBSHSE) on Tuesday. Though only eight students achieved a perfect score of 100 per cent—the same as last year, there has been a notable increase in the number of high achievers. This year, 17,895 students from the Mumbai division scored 90 per cent and above, marking a significant rise from 13,430 students in the same bracket last year.
Educators in the city credit this upward trend to early and focused academic preparation, often beginning as early as Class 8. Jaywant Kulkarni, a senior teacher at a M...