India, May 14 -- The Maharashtra State Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education (MSBSHSE) on Tuesday declared the class 10 Secondary School Certificate (SSC) examination results recording an overall pass percentage of 94.10%, a 1.71% dip compared to last year's pass percentage of 95.81%. However, the Konkan division once again secured the top spot with the highest pass percentage of 98.82% while the Nagpur division recorded the lowest pass percentage at 90.78%.

This year too, girls outperformed boys with 96.14% girls passing as compared to 92.31% boys, marking a 3.83% gender gap in favour of girls.

This year's SSC exam was conducted from February 21 to March 17, and the board too declared the results well ahead of schedule. Las...