MUMBAI, 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%, with two students securing 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 to lead despite a marginal dip from 97.35% in 2025 to 96.44% this year. Commerce saw a sharper decline, falling from 92.68% to 87.03%. Arts dropped from 80.52% to 78.02%. Vocational courses declined slightly from 83.26% to 82.74%, while ITI courses fell from 82.03% to 81.78%. Ten colleges in the Mumbai division recorded zero pass percentages. Of these, three reported a complete zero result across all streams, while in seven colleges only specific streams had no students passing. Thane district reported the highest number of such cases, with one college recording a complete zero result and four others reporting zero results in specific streams. P2...