The Maharashtra State Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education declared Secondary School Certificate (SSC) result on Saturday, June 8. The overall passing percentage of the result has seen a major drop in the last five years. Maharashtra state has recorded a passing percentage of 77.10 this year which is a huge dip of 12.31 percent from last year’s 89.41.

#Mumbai scores passing percentage of 77.04 and ranks fifth in list of 9 divisions of Maharashtra State Board. #Konkan ranks first with 88.38% while #Nagpur ranks lowest with 67.27%@mid_day

— Pallavi Smart (@Pallavi_Smart) June 8, 2019

The Mumbai Division of the state board which ranks fifth in total nine divisions has shown no better performance than last year. The overall passing percentage for Mumbai Division has dropped to 77.04 percent from last year’s 90.41 percent – a huge drop of 13.37 percent. While Konkan division tops among all divisions with 88.38 percent, Nagpur division has recorded the lowest passing percentage of 67.27 percent. Although the state board took a formal press conference to declare special features of the results this year, the students were able to check their results online with the help of their seat numbers as well.