Kamal Ghorui
MUMBAI: The Maharashtra State Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education (MSBSHSE) has declared the Class 12 (HSC) examination results for February–March 2026, with the overall pass percentage recorded at 89.79%, marking an increase of 2.09 percentage points from last year. As in previous years, girls have outperformed boys. The Konkan division has recorded the highest pass percentage, while Latur division is at the bottom.Students can check their results online from 1 pm on May 2 on the official websites.Key highlightsA total of 14,44,713 regular students had registered for the examination across nine divisional boards—Pune, Nagpur, Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar, Mumbai, Kolhapur, Amravati, Nashik, Latur and Konkan—covering Science, Arts, Commerce, vocational courses and ITI streams. Of these, 14,33,058 students appeared, and 12,86,843 passed, resulting in an overall pass percentage of 89.79%.Among private candidates, 37,559 students had registered, of whom 36,941 appeared and 29,634 passed, taking the pass percentage to 80.21%.For repeat candidates, 50,876 students had registered, with 50,346 appearing for the exam. Of these, 18,349 passed, recording a pass percentage of 36.44%.A total of 8,446 differently-abled students had registered for the exam, of whom 8,367 appeared and 7,579 passed, resulting in a pass percentage of 90.58%. Eligible differently-abled students were granted grace marks as per existing provisions.Among divisions, Konkan recorded the highest pass percentage at 94.14%, while Latur reported the lowest at 84.14%.Girls achieved a pass percentage of 93.15%, while boys recorded 86.80%, with girls outperforming boys by 6.35 percentage points.Out of 153 subjects, 26 subjects recorded a 100% result.Websites to check results* https://results.digilocker.gov.in* https://mahahsscboard.in* https://hscresult.mkcl.org* https://results.targetpublications.org* https://results.navneet.com* https://www.tv9marathi.com
