India, May 9 -- The Maharashtra State Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education on Friday announced the Secondary School Certificate (SSC) Class 10 examination results, with the overall pass percentage in the state dropping to 92.09% from last year's 94.1%. The Mumbai division, too, recorded a decline, with the pass percentage falling to 94.97% from 95.84% last year.

As in previous years, girls outperformed boys in the SSC examinations. Girls recorded an overall pass percentage of 94.96%, compared with 89.56% among boys. The Konkan division once again emerged as the top-performing education division in the state, with a pass percentage of 97.62%, while the Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar division recorded the lowest pass percentage at ...