India, May 6 -- PUNE The Maharashtra State Board's 2025 class 12 (HSC) results have highlighted a worrying trend namely, a consistent decline in the performance of students from the Arts stream. The results show that over the past four years, the passing percentage in the Arts stream has dropped by nearly 10% with a steep 5.36% fall recorded within the last year alone.

According to official data, the passing percentage in the Arts stream was 90.51% in 2022, which declined to 84.05% in 2023, then rose slightly to 85.88% in 2024, before dropping sharply to 80.52% in 2025. By contrast, the Science and Commerce streams have remained relatively stable with only about a 1% fluctuation in passing percentages over the same period.

As per the St...