SSC results: 12,100 in Mumbai enter 90% club, pass percentage up

The muchawaited SSC results were finally released on Monday and students had every reason to celebrate The overall pass percentage of the state stood at 8772 per cent almost 6 more than 2014 and that of students in Mumbai division was slated at 8875 per cent over 5 percentage points more than last yearThe number of students scoring 90 per cent and above have increased in the division as well as the state this year but this could well mean that junior college admissions will get tougher PicSatyajit DesaiAccording to figures made public by the board the total number of students who entered the 90andabove bunch also increased compared to last year A total of 48583 candidates in Maharashtra and 12100 in Mumbai joined this elite 90per cent clubPicNimesh DaveHowever while the overall pass percentage has gone up schools pointed out that individual scores seemed to be lower compared to last year ldquoUsually when bestfive is considered a language gets dropped out as students tend to not fare well in languagesStudents at the SSC Board office in Vashi on Monday Many top scorers say that they are not happy with the resultsBut surprisingly for many students Science got dropped from the final score because many have not fared well in that subject Itrsquos surprising because Maths and Science are scoring subjectsrdquo said Freny Mehta principal of the Alexandra Girls High School in Fort She added that many of her students scored very well in Maths but were not happy with their performance in Science Most schools had similar storiesThey want morePrincipals also pointed at how some of the top scorers are not happy with their scores as they had expected more ldquoEven the girl who stood third in our school is planning to send some of her papers for reevaluationMost of these students had expected to score better than what they got and I believe the number of students opting for reevaluation this year will be morerdquo said Sister Gail principal of Mary Immaculate School in Borivli The Mumbai divisional board office already had hundreds of requests for reevaluation of papers immediately after the results were announced at 1 pm on MondayStarting Monday students have time till June 29 to apply for photocopies of their original answer sheets within five days of receiving their photocopy students have to apply for reevaluation Even though many students were unhappy with their scores students scoring 90 per cent and above have increased in the division as well as the state this yearCollege principals stated that with an increase in 90per cent scorers across all education boards junior college admissions will get tougherPrincipal speakldquoThe problem lies in the fact that students are only interested in a handful of colleges and getting through those colleges will be a task as more and more students are scoring above 90 per cent Cutoffs may increase by a per cent or twordquo said Manju Nichani principal of K C College in ChurchgateBlack sheepThis year the number of students caught cheating dropped in the state but the number reported in Mumbai division was double that reported last year This year 722 cases of copying dummy candidates etc were reported in the state compared to 757 last year 82 cases were caught in Mumbai compared to 44 last year