India, May 3 -- The Maharashtra State Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education on Saturday declared the Class 12 (HSC) results for the February-March 2026 examination, with the overall pass percentage at 89.79%- a drop of 2.09 percentage points from last year's 91.88%. Two students secured a perfect 100%.

A total of 14,44,713 regular students had registered for the examination, of whom 14,33,058 appeared and 12,86,843 passed.

Girls once again outperformed boys, recording a pass percentage of 93.15% against 86.80% for boys-a gap of 6.35 percentage points. Among divisions, Konkan topped with 94.14%, while Latur reported the lowest at 84.14%. The Mumbai division recorded a pass percentage of 90.08%.

Stream-wise, Science continued...