India, May 6 -- The Maharashtra State Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education (MSBSHSE) declared the results of its class 12 Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) examination on Monday, over two weeks ahead of usual schedule. The overall pass percentage this year was 91.88%, a decline of 1.49% from the previous year, when pass percentage was 93.37%.

Over 1.4 million students appeared for the HSC examination across nine divisions in the state this year, among whom over 1.3 million passed the exam successfully. The Konkan division topped the state again as 22,797 of the 23,563 students who appeared for the exam passed successfully, resulting in an impressive 96.74% success rate. The Latur division, once renowned for rigorous study m...