Maharashtra results: Here's why Mumbai sunk to the bottom of the pile

Updated On: 31 May, 2017 08:39 AM IST | Mumbai | Pallavi Smart

Mumbai educationists say that the city's bottom position among Maharashtra's divisions is because of the large number of students, and not their scores

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Maharashtra results: Here's why Mumbai sunk to the bottom of the pile

Dr Suhas Pednekar, (in blue shirt) principal of the Ramnarain Ruia College joins the press in taking celebratory photos of HSC students from his college. Pic/Bipin Kokate

The anxiously awaited Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) examination results were declared on Tuesday. Although Mumbai has a better passing percentage than last year, and tops in the number of students scoring distinction, it is at the bottom of the pile overall this year among the state's nine divisions. The Konkan division ranks first with a passing percentage of 95.20.