India, May 14 -- Maharashtra recorded a pass percentage of 87.32% in the Class 12 board examinations conducted by the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE), with the results announced on Wednesday. The state witnessed a decline in overall performance compared to last year's 90.68%.

A total of 43,331 students had registered for the examinations, of whom 43,119 appeared and 36,923 cleared the exams. Girls once again outperformed boys, recording a pass percentage of 88.95% against 85.92% among boys. The examinations were conducted across 352 centres for students from 606 schools in Maharashtra.

This year also marked the first use of the On-Screen Marking (OSM) system for Class 12 board examinations. Under the digital evaluation metho...