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SSC results see 99.95 pass percentage in Maharashtra state
The Maharashtra State Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education (MSBSHSE), on Friday, reported a pass percent of 99
The Maharashtra State Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education (MSBSHSE), on Friday, reported a pass percent of 99.95 across the state for Class 10 Secondary School Certificate (SSC) 2020-21 exam.
This is a record pass percentage, as per the board officials. As compared to 2020, the result this year was higher by 4.65 per cent.
A total of 1.574 million students from Maharashtra had registered for the Class 10 exam for 2020-21. However, due to a surge in Covid cases, the board was forced to cancel the offline examination scheduled in April and evaluate students based on an internal assessment. The evaluation criterion for tabulating results was based on marks achieved in Class 9, and internal assessment of the student in Class 10.
Of the 1,575,806 fresh candidates who had registered for exams, schools sent assessment reports for 1,575,752, of which 1,574,994 students passed.
A total of 82,802 repeater candidates registered for the exams, of which 82,674 results were tabulated by schools and 74,618 candidates passed, making it a 90.25 per cent pass percentage for this section.
Girls and boys at same level
Unlike every year, where girl students outperform the boys, this year the two student groups had more or less the same pass percentage - 99.96 for girls, versus 99.94 for boys.
Overall, 104,633 students received 90 per cent marks or higher, and 957 students got 100 per cent marks. Overall, in the state, 0.202 million students received additional marks for participation and merit in sports, dance, arts, and NCC among others.
Among the nine divisions, Konkan has the highest pass percentage, as it declared 100 percent results, while the least pass percentage is from Nagpur division, 99.94 per cent.
In all, 27 of the 72 subjects have 100 percent results. Of the 22,767 schools in the state, 22,384 have also reported 100 percent results.
A total of 368 students qualified for ATKT (allowed to keep term) exams, as they failed to clear two or fewer subjects, and 916 students have to appear for a re-exam, since they failed in three subjects or more.
Dinkar Patil, chairman of MSBSHSE, said, “There are 916 students who have failed in three or more subjects and will have to reappear for the exam. Whereas, there are 4922 students whose result is reserved with the board as most of them are repeaters and their records are not with the board. We will be tabulating their records and updating their results next week. This may increase the pass percentage further,” said Patil.
Board officials also noted that nine schools in the state had zero pass percentage with not a single student clearing SSC. Of these, two are from Pune division while four are from Nagpur, two from Mumbai and one from Nashik division.
“Some students may not have submitted any work at all during the entire year or failed to take internal assessments despite repeated attempts from schools. If it happened in two subjects, they are passed with ATKT, or they have to appear for re-exam. As far as the nine schools are concerned, we are in the process of analysing why their results are nil,” said Patil.
