HSC results: 80.05% pass percentage, up by 4%

In Pune district, pass percentage for girls is 81.25%, while for boys it is 65.14%

This year, the pass percentage for the Higher Secondary Exams in Pune district has increased by about 4 per cent in. The results were declared online on Friday. The pass percentage this year is 80.05 per cent while it was 75.97 per cent last year. There has also been an increase of about 2.25 per cent in the pass percentage in Pune division which comprises Pune, Ahmednagar and Solapur districts.

In Pune district, the pass percentage for girls is 81.25 per cent while for boys it is 65.14 per cent. A total 1,09,041 students from the district had appeared for the exams including 61, 844 boys and 47,668 girl students.

"For last few years, the pass percentage of girls has been higher than that of boys in the district and the state level. The interesting fact is that the difference between the pass percentage is growing with every passing year," said M V Gosawi, divisional secretary, Maharashtra State Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education (MSBSHE).

Several city colleges namely Fergusson College (89.69 per cent), Garware College of Commerce (82.00 per cent), Briha Maharashtra Commerce College (94 per cent), Laxmanrao Apte Vidyalaya and Jr College (91 per cent), Loyola Junior College (96.71 per cent) fared well.

Streamwise, Minimum Competency Vocational Courses (MCVC) recorded highest passing percentage at 88.44 per cent in the district. The pass percentage for Science, Arts and Commerce was 83.99, 61.82 and 66.13 per cent respectively.

There has also been a marked decrease in the number cheating cases registered in the Pune division. Last year, 333 cases of examination malpractices were registered in the division, while this year the number is 217.

"Though the number of squads to prevent cheating was same, 12 sitting squads and 305 flying squads, this year the emphasis was on creating awareness among parents students. The Board had formed teams at district level which conducted meetings at school levels ahead of the exams and tried to convince students and parents that cheating would only work against them," said Gosavi.